Ma hope o kona maʻi a me kona ola ʻana, pehea i ʻike ʻia ai ʻo Elissa no ka manawa mua ma kāna mau mea pā?
Me he mea la ua oi aku ka nani a me ka nani o ke ola ana ma na maka o Elissa, o ka oi loa aku hoi mahope o kona ola ana mai ka mai ino, oiai oia i hele aku ai e hoike i kona hauoli a me kona pili ana i kona poe anaina ma kana ahaaina, i ka po nei ma Beirut. aloha nui iā ʻoe a mahalo no kou aloha nui iaʻu, a me ka poʻe a pau i aloha ʻole iaʻu ma ka ʻōlelo ʻana: Mahalo.
Me kēia mau ʻōlelo, ua hoʻomaka ka mea pena ʻo Elissa i kāna ʻahamele ma ka Pōʻalima, kahi i pau ai nā ʻahaʻaina Beirut, i mua o kāna mau mea pā, nā mea pā, kāna hui, ka mea pena ʻo Fares Karam, ka mea hoʻokani o ʻAigupita ʻo Lebleba a me ke alakaʻi o ke kiʻi hou, ʻo Angie. Gamal.
ʻAʻole i mālie ʻo ʻElisai ma ke kahua no ʻelua hola o ka lālani, no laila, hīmeni ʻo ia, hulahula a hoʻoluliluli i nā leo o kāna mau mele āna i koho ai, nā mea hou a me nā mele kahiko.
Ua hīmeni pū ʻo Elissa i nā hana a ka mea pena kiʻi Algeria ʻo Warda, me ka launa pū ʻana a kupaianaha no ka poʻe o nā makahiki āpau a me nā lāhui, a mai nā wahi like ʻole o Lebanona a me nā ʻāina Arab.
ʻO Elissa ka hanana kaulana loa ma ke kaona ʻo Beirut, a kamaʻilio pū me kāna poʻe hālāwai me ka ʻakaʻaka ʻoiai e ʻaʻahu ana i kahi lole gula ʻālohilohi a laila ʻulaʻula.