Oh, Pluie(English)

Oh, Pluie...(Oh, Rain...)

Oh, wonderful Rain, flooding our plains,

Collapsing our roads, watering our fountains down,

Don't deprive us of your visit this winter,

In order that the Country Of  Cedars* persist green,

And that the roses in the Bekaa blossom, 

And that happiness invade Gibran's Country*

And life will be great there,               

There, we will rise incense into the sky,

The Al Joz river* will always shoot out!

Oh, Rain, visit us abundantly this winter,

Oh, I pray only for very few things,

In order that the Country Of The Cedars persist Green!

Joseph Hawly

The cedars country: Periphrasis used to describe Lebanon, a country of the East Mediterranean coast.( In reasons of the cedars that he's reputed for.)

Gibran's country: Also discribes Lebanon. (Gibran or Khalil Gibran is a Lebanese American writer.)

Al Joz river : A Lebanese river near Batroun.