Marcel Khalifa El-jisr (the bridge)-with translation in the video

[ghass365]

it is the official anthem of the progressive socialist party...proud of it.

[loath68]

paint it red,black or yellow,let the right prevails,to all those who crossed the bridge to the glorious side of the universe , to those who adored freedom and till the end

we remeber you all.

[BIROT100]

Beautiful combination of words and music. One slight correction to Samwaldahia though: the words are from the long poem Al-Jisr wrtten by Khalil Haoui included in his opus "Nahr el Ramad" printed in Beirut in 1957.

[BIROT100]

Beautiful combination of words and music. One slight correction to Samwaldahia though: the words are from the long poem Al-Jisr wrtten by Khalil Haoui included in his opus "Nahr el Ramad" printed in Beirut in 1957.

[berkanelarouche]

my my Ribs stretched them  to a solid bridge wooooooooooooooowwwwwowwoow

[OKYusuf]

brilliant. wish there were few like him.

[chilena415]

Incredible talent... I had the honor of seeing him several times and meeting him during his last San Francisco performance. .

Very gracious and seemed like a generous human being.

Thank you for sharing your self and lighting back the fire in our hearts with your song.

Antoinette

[chilena415]

Incredible talent... I had the honor of seeing him several times and meeting him during his last San Francisco performance. .

Very gracious and seemed like a generous human being.

Thank you for sharing your self and lighting back the fire in our hearts.

Antoinette

[fendimarcus]

Dr. Khalil Hawi taught me Arabic lit. at the American University of Beirut 1979-1982. He taught with love and passion and cared for his students like very few professors ever did. I loved and respected him immensely. A true Arab national, he committed suicide in early june 1982 at the beginning of the zionist invasion of Lebanon because he couldn't stomach the thought of the zionists entering an Arab capital. I truly wish he didn't and lived to see the heroes of Lebanon kick the invaders out.

[QUINTUSMAXIMUS]

@fendimarcus The Zionists have sown so much destruction in the region.

Arabs have said including Jumblatt that they were willing to accept two states, but Israel has acted as its people are superior, and has acted as an arrogant ethnic cleanser. They killed so many in Lebanon, but say the Arabs are the terrorists. It's a big, tragic joke.

[fendimarcus]

@QUINTUSMAXIMUS ...It may sound like wishful thinking now but the zionist entity is temporary and will wither away eventually just like so many occupiers before it. Time is on our side as long as we keep claiming the land they are occupying.

Kamal Jumblatt was a giant and will never be forgotten by those who shared his ideas and beliefs. His ideas and beliefs are not fashionable nowadays among the defeatists and spineless, but the minority who see things the way he did will eventually prevail.

[MeDooIt]

Thank you. I am usually a very articulate person, but honestly with so many emotions coursing through me as I listen and understand thank you seems the most appropriate for truly this song's words have touched the very depths of me like no other ever has.

[ElMatcho2005]

Kamal Joumblatt [translated]: Is there a more honorable deed than "crossing the bridge" of death to a live that aims to vitalize the lives of others? (Hal hunaka ashraf min Al 3uboor Fawqa Jisr Al Mawt ila Al 7ayat Al Latti tahdof ila i7ya2 Al Akhareen?)

[ElMatcho2005]

Kamal Joumblatt said: We don't want to be Westernized but modernized. We are the source of human ethics, religions and faith. We introduced Ibraham, David, Jesus and Mohammed. We brought to humanity the Bible, the Gospel and the Wholly Quran; but we need to spring from the present filthy East to an East based on the ethics of our forefathers, yet shining with knowledge, humanity, brotherhood, forgiveness, and freedom of thought and speech.

[ElMatcho2005]

I'm sorry my friend, but this song was first sang in Beiteddine, years after the siege of Beirut. It is the Official Anthem of the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP). Khalil Hawi wrote it & Marcel composed it by a special request from the PSP President. It's based on the thoughts and words of Kamal Joumblatt.

[anayousf1]

thank you marcel you make me feel like a hero i was their all these years and i lived to listen to you thank you god bless you god bless you

[hamedo2000]

on of the best music im ever heard make feel proud lol

[QUINTUSMAXIMUS]

They cross the bridge quietly, carefully my body extended to them as a bridge, from the caves of the East, from the swamp of the East, to the New East!!!! My body extended to them a strong bridge..... They cross the bridge in the morning quietly.....

[waleedsuv]

To the heros of the lebanese resistance, to those who learnt that a country is made with earth and blood, a country of dignity and freedom. I BOW MY HEAD.

[QUINTUSMAXIMUS]

Yes, many heros there were and fought. I think a country is not necessarily made with Earth and blood, but by the will of the people and sometimes it calls for blood and sacrifice. This song is about the people of the East helping each other to cross to a better place, to come from the low, swamp and low place of the East, to a new East, a better East. It's not about one country from the lyrics. I think you would agree based on the words.

[Mozafunkula]

Khalil Hawi owns in New Age Arabic Poetry !

[oneghassani]

i studied this song in grade 10

awesome

[QUINTUSMAXIMUS]

This song can make you cry thinking of wha kind of places we can build that we are not yet building because we step on each other instead of helping each other. We need to be that bridge to help each other. We need to be the Jisr.

[AhmadAzzaatar]

Thank you Marcel, Thank you Lebanon, thank you true Arab Nation!!!!

[Comlib]

Thank you Mr. Samir.

[Comlib]

An eternal poem and music !

[Fusucu]

Thank you soo much, i was looking for this song forever!

[SamirAlmaghribi]

يَعبرونَ الجِسرَ في الصبحِ خفافًا

أَضلُعي امتَدَّتْ لَهُم جِسْرًا وطيدْ

مِن كُهوفِ الشرقِ، مِن مُستنْقعِ الشَرقِ

إِلى الشَّرقِ الجديدْ

أَضْلُعي امْتَدَّتْ لَهُم جِسرًا وطيدْ

رائع هذا النشيد وهذا اللحن لمارسيل خليفة كنت أتمنى أن يظل بيننا خليل حاوي ليرى كيف هزم لبنان الطغاة