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Gvanim

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Et shirenu katavnu
al petek kachol
Ach ish lo sha'al leshem ma
Ve'et shar hashirim
shematzanu bachol
Rashamnu bidyo aduma
Uven kol hashirim shechipasnu lashav
Gilinu echad belavan
Ve'oto sheme'az
ne'elam velo shav
Ahavnu be'elef gavan

Le'itim kesheba shuv
hachoref lalev
Ovrim al panenu shirim
Yerukim yerukim kmo sade melavlev
Baboker la'or hem chozrim
Le'olam lo neda et tziv'am ahshone
Shel kol hashirim ba'olam
Ki hae'eve sheba ve'elenu pone
Tzove'a shachor et kulam


We wrote our songs on a blue paper
And no one asked why
And the rest of the songs
that we found in the sand
We wrote with red ink
Among all the songs we've
looked for in vain
We found one in white
And the one that disappeared
and never came back
We've loved in a thousand shades

Sometimes when winter comes
back into the heart
Songs pass in front of us
Green like a blooming field
In the morning they return to the light
We will never know the different colours
Of all the songs in the world
Because the evening that comes to us
Paints them all in black

Lyrics: Chaim Keinan
Translation & Transliteration: Chana Shuvaly
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Harmonica

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Haroa Haktana

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Hashual

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Hashual haba miderech,
El, el, el karmi karav balat.
Hashual haba miderech,
El, el, el karmi karav balat.

Eshkol gadol vi'yfe mar'eh
ganov ganav b'ein ro'eh
v'im shlalo nimlat;
v'im shlalo nimlat.

Eshkol gadol viyfe mar'eh
ganov ganav b'ein ro'eh
u'mikarmi nimlat;
u'mikarmi nimlat.

Hava Nagila

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Hava nagila, hava nagila
Hava nagila venis'mecha
Hava nagila, hava nagila
Hava nagila venis'mecha

Hava neranena, hava neranena
Hava, hava neranena

Uru, uru achim
Uru achim belev same'ach
Uru achim belev same'ach
Uru achim belev same'ach
Uru achim belev same'ach
Uru achim belev same'ach

Let us rejoice, let us rejoice,
let us rejoice and be glad
Let us rejoice, let us rejoice,
Let us rejoice and be glad

Let us, la-la-la-la. Let us la-la-la-la.
Let us, la-la-la-la, let us be glad

Wake up, wake up brethren
Wake up brethren your heart of joy
Wake up brethren your heart of joy
Wake up brethren your heart of joy
Wake up brethren your heart of joy
Wake up brethren, wake your heart of joy

Hineh Ma Tov

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Hineh ma tov uma na'im
Shevet achim gam yachad.

How good and pleasant it is
For brothers & sisters to sit together.

Hoppa Hey

Hora Agadati

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Hasimcha belev yokedet
veraglenu gil shofot.
Kach nidroch admat moledet
venashira tov lichyot.

Hashira beron zoremet
al harim vegey'ayot.
Bechazeinu od po'emet
hakria ki tov lichyot.

Lo nechdal ki yesh
od dai oz vameretz.
Kol gufeinu lahat esh
vehalev go'esh.

Hala kol machov.
Negaresh kol pega
venasov halach vasov
hora ad bli sof. Ki…

Joy burns in our heart
and our feet flow with gladness.
Thus we tread our homeland's earth
and sing: It's good to live!

The song streams exultingly
on mountains and valleys.
In our breast still beats
the call that it's good to live.

We won't stop because there is
plenty of strength and energy.
Our whole body burns fire
and our heart quakes.

Be gone every pain.
We'll drive away every mishap
and we'll go around and around
in a hora without end. Because…

Hora Chadasha

Hora Medura

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Banu b'li kol vachol
Anu ani'yei etmol
Lanu hagoral masar
Et milyonei hamachar

Tzei na lama'agal
Ten na shir mizmor ladal
Heina ne'esfu lirkod
Bnei ha'oni vehashot

Hora ali, ali
Esh hadliki beleili
Tehora, rabat ora
Hora medura!

We came with nothing ‎
We, the poor of yesterday. ‎
To us, fate gave ‎
The millions of tomorrow. ‎

Come out to the circle, ‎
Let’s have a song for the poor. ‎
Here have gathered to dance, ‎
The sons of poverty and the whip. ‎

Hora arise, arise! ‎
Light a fire in my night.‎
Pure and full of light,‎
Campfire hora!

Lyrics: Natan Alterman
Translation & Transliteration: Malka Tischler
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Hora Or

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Hora Yerushalayim

Imbalim

Ken Yovdu

Khan Badarom

Kissufim

Kol Dodi

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Kol dodi
Kol dodi
kol dodi vehineh zeh ba!

Kol dodi
Kol dodi
kol dodi vehineh zeh ba!

Mikefetz al heharim
mideleg al hageva'ot.

Transliteration: George Jakubovits
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Kuma Echa

Laner Velivsamim

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Laner velivsamim
nafshi meyachela
im titnu li kos yayin
lehavdala.

Solu derachim li
panu lenavocha.
Pitchu she'arim li
kol malachei ma'ala.

Einai ani esa
el el belev kosef
mamtsi tserchai li
bayom u'valayla.

For the candles and spices
my soul is yearning
you will give me a wine cup
for Havdalah.

Pave a road for me,
clear it for the lost one.
Open the gates for me,
all heavenly angels.

I will raise my eyes
with yearning heart toward God,
who satisŻes my needs
day and night.

Lamenatseach Shir Mizmor
(A Song for the Victor)

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Lamenatseach Shir Mizmor
Hariyu la'adonai kol ha'arets
Lam'natsei'ach Shir Mizmor
Hariyu la'adonai kol ha'arets

Yakum adonai
Yafutsu oyvav
Veyanusu m'san'av mipanav

Lamenatseach...

Lo, lo yanum
V'lo yishan
Shomer Yisrael, Yisrael

Lamenatseach...

A Song for the Victor
Shout unto the Lord all the earth.
A Song for the Victor
Shout unto the Lord all the earth.

The Lord will arise,
his enemies will be scattered.
Those who hate him will flee before him.

A Song for the Victor...

The protector of Israel
neither sleeps nor slumbers.


A Song for the Victor...

Lech, Lech Lamidbar

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Lech, lech lamidbar
Hadrachim yovilu
Layil terem ba
Lech achi el hamidbar

Shuv, shuv nachazor
Hatzukim yarinu
Shemesh gdolah shel or
Od tizrach aleinu

Lamidbar, eretz lo mayim
Ho at admati - shavnu elayich

Eretz melechah ru'ach veza'am
Halochamim chazru, ho keza'ar
Lamidbar, eretz lo maim
Ho at admati shavnu eilaich

Go to the desert,
the roads will lead you.
Before the night descends,
go, my brother, to the desert.

Again we will return,
the rocks will echo our coming.
A bright shining sun
will spread its light on us.

To the desert - land without water.
O my land, we have returned to you.

Salt-filled lands, wind and wrath,
the warriors returned like a storm.

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Le'or Chiyuchech

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Le’or Chiyuchech
Kacha hashemesh vesivo

Yakdu ne`urai bi
Beno`am midbarech
Shav techatli bi

Ssod enayich hen nigla li

Ssachu ramsu li
Ki ani dodech
Ach reŽitich im erev

Vuhagigai lach teref
BoŽi na, boŽi na
BoŽi elai


In the light of your smile
the gleam of the sunlight became weaker.
Your youth is radiant
in the glory of your spoken word.

As soon as I see you in the evening,
you rob me of my senses.
Come, come, come to me.

In the light of your smile
the sun and her rays expire.
My youth burnt in me
from the beauty of your voice.

In vain you mock me.
The secret of your eyes
has revealed itself to me and told me
that I am your loved one.

Oh, when I see you in the evening,
and my sighing is nourishment to you.
Come, come, come to me.

Libavtini

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Libavtini achoti kala
Libavtini ba'achat me'einayich
Ma yafu dodayich
Achoti kala
Verei'ach salmotayich kerei'ach Levanon

You captured my heart, my sister, my bride
You captured my heart with one of your eyes
How beautiful is your love(making),
My sister, my bride
And the aroma of your dresses is like the aroma of Lebanon

Transliteration: Aura Levin Lipski
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Ma Avarech

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Ma avarech lo, bameh yevorach
Ze hayeled sha'al hamalach (2)

Uveirech lo chiyuch shekamohu ka'or
Uveirech lo eiynayim g'dolot v'roo't
Litfos ban kol perach v'chai v'tsipor
V'lev l'hargish bo et kol hamar'ot

Ma avarech lo, bameh yevorach
Ze hayeled sha'al hamalach (2)

Uveirech lo raglayim lirkod ad ein sof
V'nefesh lizkor ba et kol hal'chanim
V'yad ha'osefet tsdafim alei chof
V'ozen k'shuva ligdolim uktanim.

Ma avarech lo, bameh yevorach
Ze hayeled sha'al hamalach (2)

Uveirech ki yadav hal'mudot bifrachim
Yitslechu gam lilmod et otsmat haplada
V'raglayim rokdot et masa hadrachim
Usfatav hasharo et miktsav hapkuda.

Ma avarech lo, bameh yevorach
Ze hayeled sha'al hamalach (2)

Natati lo kol she'efshar li latet
Shir v'chiyuch v'raglayim lirkod
V'yad m'udenet v'lev m'ratet
Uma avarech, avarech l'cha od.

Ma avarech lo, bameh yevorach
Ze hayeled ha'elem harach (2)

Hana'ar haze, achshav hu mal'ach
Lo od y'varchuhu, la od y'vorach
Elohim, Elohim, Elohim
Lu ach beirachta lo - chayim.

How shall I bless him,
With what will his child be blessed,
asked the angel (2)

And blessed him with a smile that is like light
And blessed him with eyes, large and wide
with which to see every flower, animal and bird
And a heart, with which to feel all the sights.

How shall I bless him,
With what will his child be blessed,
asked the angel (2)

And blessed him with legs to dance forever
And a soul with which to remember all the melodies
And a hand that collects shells by the shore
And an ear, attentive to old and young.

How shall I bless him,
With what will his child be blessed,
asked the angel (2)

And blessed him with hands, wise among the flowers
should succeed also in learning the strength of steel
And legs that dance the roads' journey
And his lips that sing the rhythm of commands

How shall I bless him,
With what will his child be blessed,
asked the angel (2)

I gave him all.
A song, a smile, and legs to dance
A gentle hand and a trembling heart
How shall I bless, what more?

How shall I bless him,
With what will his child be blessed,
gentle youth(2)

This boy now is an angel,
No more will they bless him -
he will no more be blessed
Lord, Lord, Oh Lord
If only you had blessed him - with life.

Lyrics: Rachel Shapira
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Machar
(Tomorrow)

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Machar ulai nafliga basfinot
Mechof Eilat ad chof Shenhav
V'al hamashchatot hay'shanot
Yatinu tapuchei zahav

Kol ze eino mashal v'lo chalom
Ze nachon ka'or batsohorayim
Kol ze yavo machar im lo hayom
V'im lo machar az mochrotayim

Machar yakuma elef shikunim
V'shir ya'uf bamirpasot
Ushlal kalaniyot v'tsivonim
Ya'alu mitoch haharisot

Machar ulai b'chol hamisholim
Ari b'eder tson yinhag
Machar yaku b'elef inbalim
Hamon pa'amonim shel chag

Machar k'shehatsave yifshot madav
Libeinu ya'avor l'dom -

Achar kol is yivneh bishtei yadav
Et ma shehu chalam hayom

Kol ze eino mashal v'lo chalom
Ze nachon ka'or batsohorayim
Kol ze yavo machar im lo hayom
V'im lo machar
V'im od lo machar
V'im od lo machar
Az
Mochrotayim.


Tomorrow perhaps we will set sail
From the shores of Eilat to the Ivory Coast
And on the old destroyers
Oranges will be loaded.

All this is not a yarn and not a dream
It is true as the light of noon
All this will come tomorrow, if not today
And if not tomorrow then the day after.

Tomorrow a thousand buildings will rise
And a song will hover on the terraces
And a blaze of anemones and tulips
Will burst from amongst the ruins.

Tomorrow perhaps in all the paths
A lion will lead a flock of sheep
Tomorrow a thousand clappers will bleat
In the many bells of holiday.

Tomorrow when soldiers put off uniforms
Alerted to other things
Then each man will use his own two hands
To build that of which he dreamed today.

Lyrics: Naomi Shemer
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Ma Na'avu
(How Wonderful)

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Ma na'avu al heharim raglei ha mevaser,
Ma na'avu al heharim raglei ha mevaser,
Mashamia ha yeshua, mashamia shalom.
Mashamia ha yeshua, mashamia shalom.

Ma na'avu al heharim raglei ha mevaser,
Ma na'avu al heharim raglei ha mevaser,
Mashamia ha yeshua, mashamia shalom.
Mashamia ha yeshua, mashamia shalom.

How pleasant on the mountains are the feet
of the messenger of good tidings,
proclaiming peace, proclaiming good,
proclaiming salvation;
saying to Zion, your God reigns.

Ma Nischar Li

Mayim, Mayim
(Water, Water)

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Mayim ki chashakti
veg'roni nichar
al tomar ayafti
al tomar nigmar

Ki mayim chashakti
mei nahar nigar
im tomar ayafti
ekfotz el hanahar
im tomar ayafti
ekfotz el hanahar.

REFRAIN:
Mayim, mayim, hav li mayim
mayim boker, yom valeil
Mayim hav li havah
hav li ahava
mayim hav li havah
hav li ahava

Kol kuli namasti
mekolcha hacham
min ha'esh nishmarti
kmo mesa'ar yam

Rak lecha shamarti
mei ma'ayan nistar
ve ot'cha hishketi
mekadi hakar
ve'otcha hishketi
mekadi hakar.

Lyrics: Avraham Levi
Transliteration: George Jakubovits
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Mechol Giborim

Mi Ha'ish

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Mi ha'ish
Hachafetz chayim
Ohev yamim
Lir'ot tov

Netzor leshoncha meira
Us'fatecha midaber mirma

Sur meira
Va'asei tov
Bakesh shalom
Verodfeihu

Who is the man
Who desires life
Who loves all his days
To see good

Guard your tongue from evil
And your lips from speaking deceit

Turn away from bad
And do good
Seek peace
And pursue it

Translation & Transliteration: Malka Tischler
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Mi Li Yiten

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Mi li yiten
shtei ahavot k'kedem
kach etchazek be'etzev hane'urim.

Mi li yiten
shtei avukot shel zahar
kach edlak k'no'ar ha'ahavah.

Galgal hazman golesh
ve'ish le'ish lochesh
tir'eh hazman avar
hazman avar.
(x2)

Mi li yiten
shtei alamot shel chemed
shtei alamot bechesed hashki'ah.

Mi li yiten
chet mechayech baboker
chet mechayech be'osher ha'ahavah.

Galgal hazman golesh...
(x2)

Mi li yiten.

Lyrics: Betzalel Aloni
Translation & Transliteration: George Jakubovits
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Get up and dance, get up and smile,
get up and drink to the days that are gone in the shortest while.
Simon Fowler