صباح الخير [Sabah El Kheir] [English translation]

Every day I say good morning to you

My homeland that flies on the wing of a bird

You're the first thing I see every morning

Good morning and good evening

I walk in the streets and greet the people

I greet the poor ones to whom I belong and also the merchants

I searched the world and thousands of squares for my home

And I met many countries but I didn't meet you

My homeland of bricks and thousands of windows

Standing between a smile and a tear, we protect you in the blink of an eye

My homeland I protect you, you are in me and I am in you

How beautiful are your cities from above, the flying bird sees it better

Your cities are beautiful from afar, your windows glow and shine

Inside is poverty, hunger and children on pillows crying with the moon

Noise and congestion all day long

Roads littered with potholes, lamenting their narrowness

Crying, crying, lamenting their narrowness

My homeland, what attaches me to you?

Afraid that someone would hurt you

The foreigner walks smugly in your hills

My homeland, I'll protect you with my eyes1

1. Eyes are used here in an idiomatic way to the things you hold dear

• Artist:Hiba Tawaji
• Album:Ya habibi