Marcel Khalifa - I Chose You My Country - اخترتك يا وطني

Marcel Khalifa is a Lebanese musician who often has political songs about Palestine and what not. Many of his songs are standard Arabic and adapted from poems by authors such as Mahmood Darwish.

Marcel Khalifa - I Chose You My Country Indeed I chose you my country Out of love and obedience Indeed I chose you my country Secretly and publicly

Indeed I chose you my country
So my time must disguise itself for me
No longer will you mention me
My splendid country my country

Forever green my heart
And if grief appeared in my eye
Revolution forever my heart
If my pages became the sky

I came in the time of the ebb
I came in the glory of fatigue
A spray of violence and anger
Anger, anger, anger

مارسل خليفة - اخترتك يا وطني

إنــي اخــتـرتــك يــاوطـني
حــــباً وطـــــواعـــية
إنــي اخـــتـرتـك يــاوطــني
سرا وعـــلانـــيــة

إنـي اخـــتـرتـك ياوطني
فليتنكر لي زمني
مــادمـت ستذكـرنـي
يـاوطـني الــرائـع يــاوطـني

دائــم الخـضرة يــاقـلبي
وإن بــان بــعـيـني الأسى
دائــم الــثورة يــاقــلــبي
وإن صــارت صفـحاتي مسا

جــئـت فـي زمـــن الجــــزر
جــئـت فــي عــز الــتــعب
رشـــاش عـــنــف وغــضـب
وغــضـب وغــضب وغــتضب