Fairuz's "Habbaytak Bil-Saif" Translated into English by Dr. Ramzi Salti [I Loved You in the Summer]

Fairuz: Habbaytak Bil-Saif [I Loved You in the Summer]	فيروز – حبيتك بالصيف
On a cold winter day	بأيام البرد وأيام الشتي
When the pavement becomes a lake and the streets are drowning	والرصيف بحيرة والشارع غريق
A girl would come from her old house	تجي هاك البنت من بيتها العتيق
He would tell her "wait for me," so she would wait in the street	ويقلا انطريني وتنطرعالطريق
He would leave and forget her while she withered in the rain.	ويروح وينساها و تدبل بالشتي
I loved you in the summer, I loved you in the winter	حبيتك بالصيف حبيتك بالشتي
I waited for you every summer, I waited for you every winter	نطرتك بالصيف نطرتك بالشتي
Your eyes became my summer, mine became your winter	وعيونك الصيف وعيوني الشتي
Our meeting place my love will be beyond seasons and time.	ملقانا يا حبيبي خلف الصيف وخلف الشتي
A stranger passed by and gave me a letter	مرقت الغريبة عطيتني رسالة
Written by my beloved with tears of sadness	كتبها حبيبي بالدمع الحزين
I opened the letter, but the words were missing	فتحت الرسالة حروفها ضايعين
Then the days flew by while the years sealed our fate	ومرقت الأيام وغربتنا سنين
And any trace of that letter was erased by the rain.	وحروف الرسالة محيها الشتي
Lyrics: Rahbany Bros Music: Rahbany Bros Nahawand 1970	كلمات الأخوين رحباني ألحان الأخوين رحباني مقام  نهوند تاريخ 1970

Fairuz singing Habbaytak on French TV in the 70s