SHADI
(Lyrics & Music: Rahbani Brothers)
Fayrouz


Long time ago, when I was a young girl, a boy used to come from the nearby woods
His name was Shadi 
Shadi and I used to play in the snow, we sang for each other and ran in the wind 
We carved our names in the rocks and the wind bit our faces. 
One of these days, the world was smothered with fire 
some people began fighting against other people 
and the fighting spread to our hills 
Shadi ran to watch 
I got scared, I yelled: Shadi where did you go, Shadi 
He disappeared, he could not hear me, the valley took him in 
since that day I never saw him again 
Shadi was lost for ever 
Snow fell and melted away for twenty times 
I grew up and Shadi remained the boy I knew, playing in the snow. 



(Contributed by Sovie Izzet - June 2003)