WATCH: Lebanese woman plays piano in her shattered home destroyed by Beirut blasts

A poignant yet powerful video has gone viral on social media in which an elderly Lebanese woman can be seen playing a piano surrounded by rubble, in the aftermath of the devastating blasts in capital Beirut on Tuesday.

The explosions believed to be caused by ignition of thousands of tonnes of ammonium nitrate at Beirut port killed over 135, wounded thousands and damaged property. 

The video shows the woman playing ‘Auld Lang Syne’ on a piano as those around her clean the rubble.  ‘Auld Lang Syne’ is an 18th century Scottish language hymn composed by Robert Burns in 1788.

Facebook user May Abboud Melki, who shared the clip said the woman who featured in the clip is her 79-year-old grandmother.

Melki told CBS News that her grandmother “pushed through her pain and found peace and hope at the keys of the only undamaged item” as she played the song on the 60-year-old piano.

She said her grandmother wasn’t home when the explosion occurred. Both her grandparents are safe, but the blast left their home of 60 years severely damaged.

“It survived the entire civil war, it witnessed bullets go through it,” Melki told CNN. “They have rebuilt themselves over and over again,” she added.

She played the Scottish hymn, followed by classic Arabic hymns and was joined by those around her.

“To see her lean into her faith, lean into God was something that was a strong message to her community and our family immediately,” Melki said. She chose to share the clip to express a symbol of hope and peace among all of the despair.”