Bambi woke up this morning remembering a beautiful French song from her own childhood in Beirut during civil war times. Below you can find its English lyrics (https://tinyurl.com/mw4ta467), which are followed by a great performance of Kids United as well as Ms. Mireille Mathieu’s original performance in both French and German.
When will the doves of peace fly over Lebanon, instead of the scary drones and shelling? When will fear, displacement, destruction, and bloodshed end?
When will the same doves fly in the neighbouring skies so all the children of the Middle East live in peace? Yes, ALL of them, from Lebanon to: Palestine, Israel, Syria, Irak, Iran, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, and every country of the region as well as in the entire world, including the places of other armed conflicts.
ENOUGH of wars. Enough of absurdity, ideologies, and power struggles. All the Innocent people deserve to live in dignity, peace, and love.
“Winter is there on the village roofs
The sky is white and I hear
Children choirs
In the old church, on an organ
With the colours of time
Refrain
May peace be on the world
For hundred thousand years to come
Give us a thousand doves
To all the rising suns
Give us a thousand doves
And a million swallows
Let some day all men become
children again
Tomorrow is you, and no more war tomorrow
Tomorrow everywhere, canons
Will sleep under flowers
A beautiful world it’s a world
Where you live fearless
Refrain
May peace be on the world
For hundred thousand years to come
Give us a thousand doves
To all the rising suns
Give us a thousand doves
And a million swallows
Let some day all men become
children again
Refrain
May peace be on the world
For hundred thousand years to come
Give us a thousand doves
To all the rising suns
Give us a thousand doves
And a million swallows
Let some day all men become
children again“.”
