رجعت العصفورة Lyrics English translation

The bird is back to nest in the bricks,
And the iris is back to bloom again.
Winter is back, the lovers gather,
School is back; children, snow and holidays…
The sumac is out, spreading its wing;
But those that are gone are gone…

In the notebooks I have the names of the absent,
Their owners left them, names without owners.
Yusuf, the shoemaker, Sobhi, the oil merchant,
And Amin the concierge that was killed at the door;
Their names are with me, but they are gone.
All those who are gone are gone…

They said a lot, they wrote a lot:
Boats of tears and emotions of silk…
The poems reached the end of the world,Fairouz - رجعت العصفورة - http://motolyrics.com/fairouz/_0bd9915-lyrics-english-translation.html
Wounded poems till the end of the world…
They said the roaring homeland is destroyed,
The homeland of the time that taught and built.
And the world wept, the world wept…

But we'll be back, we'll be back, we'll be back!
We'll be back from fires, back from streets
Destroyed by canons, we'll be back, we'll be back!
And the true Lebanon is coming; the Lebanon of simplicity is coming
To remove the dyed faces, the tainted promises;
And the rain will wash them away…

In the shade of doorways childhood is growing,
Heroism is growing; the town-squares are shining.
My great country, the river of joy is on fire
And in the light of the breaking dawn life glows.