Marcel Khalife - Rita (Fusha Arabic) Lyrics + English Translation - ريتا - مرسيل خليفة

Poem by Palestinian Mahmoud Darwich THIS IS ENTRY #7 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mahmoud Darwish (Arabic: محمود درويش‎, translit. maḥmūd darwīsh, 13 March 1941 – 9 August 2008) was a Palestinian poet and author who was regarded as the Palestinian national poet.[1] He won numerous awards for his works. Darwish used Palestine as a metaphor for the loss of Eden, birth and resurrection, and the anguish of dispossession and exile.[2][3] He has been described as incarnating and reflecting “the tradition of the political poet in Islam, the man of action whose action is poetry. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marcel Khalife (Arabic: مرسيل خليفة‎‎; b. June 10, 1950, Amchit, Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon) is a Lebanese composer, singer and oud player. From 1970 to 1975, he taught at the conservatory in Beirut. In 1976, he created Al Mayadeen Ensemble and became famous all over the world for songs like Ummi (My Mother), Rita w’al-Bunduqiya (Rita and the Rifle) and Jawaz al-Safar (Passport), based on Mahmoud Darwish’s poetry.