DESCRIPTION:
Aatini Nay, is one of the greatest songs ever by one of the best singers in the World, Fairuz, referred to in Lebanon as "Our Ambassador to the Stars." The song was written by the great Lebanese Writer and Poet, Gibran Khalil Gibran. The beautiful music is for a Lebanese Comedian, Najib Hankash, believe it or not. All the scenery is from several trips to Colorado. Altogether, this is a mastery of art unequalled by anything else, old or new. Enjoyعطني الناي وغني
فالغنا سر الوجود
وأنين الناي يبقى
بعد أن يفنى الوجود
هل إتخذت الغاب مثلي
منـزلاً دون القصور
فتتبعت السواقي
وتسلقت الصخور
هل تحممت بعطره
وتنشفت بنور
وشربت الفجر خمراً
من كؤوس من أثير
هل جلست العصر مثلي
بين جفنات العنب
والعناقيد تدلت
كثريات الذهب
هل فرشت العشب ليلاً
وتلحفت الفضاء
زاهداً في ما سيأتي
ناسياً ما قد مضى
أعطني الناي وغني
وانسى داء ودواء
إنما الناس سطورٌ
كتبت لكن بماء
These are the words translated from Arabic to English:

Give me a flute and sing,
For singing is the secret of existence,
And the sound of the flute remains
After the end of existence...
Have you, as I have done, taken the woods
A home in exchange for palaces?
Have you followed the brooks
And climbed the rocks?
Have you bathed in fragrance
And dried in light?
Have you tried drinking the Dawn as your wine
Out of divine cups?
Have you, as I have done, sat the afternoon
Between the grape clusters
With bunches hanging like golden Chandeliers?
Have you, as I have done, slept on grass at night,
And used the sky as your blanket?
Ascetic in what will come,
Forgetting what has passed?
Give me a flute and sing,
Forget ailments and treatment,
For people are only lines
Written but with water.....