A Song by Fayrouz

Fayrouz, for those of you who are not familiar with her name or voice, is a Lebanese singer. Nothing is ever like the words of her song, and the music is divine, too. For decades, she sang folklore as well as Arabic poetry.

One of her songs, speaks about a young boy, named Shadi, whom she met with when she was young, and who was lost to the merciless war. As i often hear this song, i remember every Iraqi child, young men and women, and elderly; who were, are, and unfortunately will be lost in this long-running, leading-to-nowhere war.

This song is dedicated to their memory... They live among us, forever.

Long ago, when i was young,There was a boy,
who came out of the woods,We used to play, his name was "Shadi"...
Shadi & i, sang together,
Played on the snow, flew in the air,
We wrote tiny love stories on stones...
One day, the world caught fire,
People started fighting each other,
And fighting came closer and closer to the hills...
The war came to our valley's borders,
Shadi ran to look around,
I became afraid and called after him:
"Where are you going, Shadi?"
I called, and he didn't hear me,And ran further down the valley...
That was the last time i ever saw him,
Shadi was no more...
The snow came again,
The snow went away,
It came and went away 20 more times...
And as i grow older,
Shadi is still a kid,
Playing on the snow...