Haifa Wehbe "Hawa Beirut" (Love of Beirut)
YouTube: The lyrics in English and Arabic (thanks to Peter B.):
Oh, Love of Beirut (Ya Hawa Beirut يا هوا بيروت)
They closed the roads (put roadblocks), they dimmed the signs
They planted the canons and deserted the grounds (or areas)
Where are you my love? Still my love?
We became the screaming love, we became the distances
We miss those happy days
The days when we stayed up late in the streets
Crowded roads and long drives
and we met in the old restaurant
Oh love of Beirut, Oh love of the days
Come back Beirut, and those days will be back
The next summer came, the moon is still broken
Do you think you will forget me, my sad love?
I came back home, I couldn't find my house
It was in smoke, with no flowers and no fence
They are disappearing
Lost under the night's sky
Where do you think the friends will be?
Where will the tears and the tenderness be?