Bambi has been silent since October 31st. Of course she has been busy with work and with life, but this is not why she is speechless. Words are still escaping her while she awaits the end of the nightmare, especially that the Lebanese people are tired of undergoing crisis after crisis, war after war.
Speechless or not, Bambi refuses to lose faith in humanity and hope for brighter days, not just for Lebanon but also for the entire Middle East (and the whole world). Sadly, the ongoing machine of war is too advanced to stop right now. Thus, peaceful days are extremely hard to envision even in a near future. Yet, one must always remember that there is light at the end of any tunnels, including those of senseless and unwanted wars.
This being said, this post will end now with Mr. Berberyan’s beautiful Armenian song, entitled “Lipanan Im Yergir”. In 2020, this Lebanese artist wrote the following moving words on YouTube: “My new song specially dedicated to Lebanon. We all know what this beautiful country had to indure during the last years.. the message of this song is one of hope and love. I was born in Lebanon , lived three major wars during my childhood , loved the country I was born in with all my heart and found my Armenian identity in the streets and schools of Burj Hammoud. Yes , Lebanon is the home of a large Armenian community who didn’t spare any effort in building schools , cultural institutions and countless churches in order to protect our most treasured Armenian values. Lebanon is and will always remain a piece of heaven and a motherland outside our precious motherland Armenia. Elie Berberyan“.
Thank you, Mr. Berberyan. All the best to your/our beloved country, “Lipanan” [Lebanon]. Same best wishes to your “motherland Armenia“, which Bambi dreams to visit one day, as her parents did.
