{"id":16757,"date":"2022-01-13T07:04:11","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T11:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=16757"},"modified":"2022-01-13T08:09:40","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T12:09:40","slug":"coronavirus-in-lebanon-thank-you-ms-chantal-bitar-for-your-beautiful-singing-voice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2022\/01\/13\/coronavirus-in-lebanon-thank-you-ms-chantal-bitar-for-your-beautiful-singing-voice\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus in Lebanon: Thank you Ms. Chantal Bitar for your beautiful singing voice!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Chantal-Bitar.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16758\" width=\"427\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Chantal-Bitar.jpg 480w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Chantal-Bitar-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 427px) 85vw, 427px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms. Chantal Bitar is a much talented Lebanese singer. Her first song is sub-titled in English:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Happy Positive New Year (Alaa Wardi | Chantal Bitar)\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U6V3K6jY5fo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And of course, the second song featured in this post is a Lebanese lovely (romantic) quarantine song. Bambi posted it on this blog in April, 2020 (as shown further below). Back then, she took time to translate its lyrics for you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cHow are you in your confinement? You are crossing my mind in confinement?<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I think\nof writing to you and then I delete. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>How are you to begin with<\/em>? <em>How are you spending your time? How is the prevention and how is the cleaning? (twice)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>How many novels have you read? How many phone calls have you made? <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Are you taking good care of yourself?<\/em> <em>Are you eating healthy?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>You are\ncrossing my mind in confinement.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Despite the physical distance, my mind is confined with you.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In these times of science fiction and in this wasted era.<\/em> <em>Even if the world will fall apart, you will remain here in my heart.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I know\nyou are bored by yourself. <\/em><em>For me,\nplease make a sacrifice. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>You are\ncrossing my mind in confinement. <\/em><em>I think\nof writing to you and then I delete. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Let me\nhear your words. Turn off the news. I promise, all this will end. One day will\ncome (twice)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>A day where\nwe will dance, hand in hand, and you will carry me far\u2026 and your hand on my\nface will charm me and will awaken my eyes<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>You are crossing my mind in confinement.<\/em> <em>I think of writing to you and then I delete. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>How are you to begin with.<\/em> <em>How are you spending your time?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>How is\nthe prevention and how is the cleaning? (twice)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>How many\nnovels have you read? How many phone calls have you made? <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Are you\ntaking good care? Are you eating healthy?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>You are\ncrossing my mind in confinement.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Chantal Bitar - Bel Hajr El Sohi (By Rayan Habre) \/ \u0634\u0627\u0646\u062a\u0627\u0644 \u0628\u064a\u0637\u0627\u0631 - \u0628\u0627\u0644\u062d\u062c\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0635\u062d\u064a\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uq5JZPAMDgs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-bambi-039-s-afkar\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"3sePOfoKTu\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2020\/04\/25\/in-confinement-a-lebanese-love-song-by-ms-chantal-bitar\/\">&#8220;In confinement&#8221;: A Lebanese love song by Ms. Chantal Bitar<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;&#8220;In confinement&#8221;: A Lebanese love song by Ms. Chantal Bitar&#8221; &#8212; Bambi&#039;s Afkar\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2020\/04\/25\/in-confinement-a-lebanese-love-song-by-ms-chantal-bitar\/embed\/#?secret=3sePOfoKTu\" data-secret=\"3sePOfoKTu\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/FlowersHearts.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16761\" width=\"174\" height=\"146\"\/><figcaption>Thank you Ms. Chantal Bitar!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ms. Chantal Bitar is a much talented Lebanese singer. Her first song is sub-titled in English: And of course, the second song featured in this post is a Lebanese lovely (romantic) quarantine song. Bambi posted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16757"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16757"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16768,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16757\/revisions\/16768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}