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ALEI GIV'AH
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ON THE HILL |
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| Alei giv'ah, sham bagalil yoshev shomer uvefiv chalil. Hu mechalel shirat ro'eh laseh, lag'di, lesayach to'eh. Lechol shovav rodef parpar, lehelech ba me'ir ukfar; Hu mechalel, kore: shalom! ela i, ela i, g'shu halom! Yesh manginot befi chalil, yesh agadot po bagalil. Hayo-haya gibor atik tsurim bak'ah, s'la'im he'etik. Ben tiv chorban toch me'arot ra'am kolo, hidlik orot. Beshir chaim yatsa lakrav mul asafsuf gadol varav. "Tov lamut al hamishmar be'ad artzenu!" koh amar. Hayo-haya gibor chidah, lo z'ro'ah yechidah. |
On the hill, there in Galilee, A watchman sits, a flute in his mouth. He plays a shepherd's song To the lamb, the kid, the wandering colt, To every naughty child chasing a butterfly, To the wayfarer coming from city and village. He plays, saying: Shalom! To me, to me, come here! There are melodies, in the flute's mouth, There are legends, here in Galilee. Once upon a time, there was an ancient Hero, He smashed rocks, he moved boulders, In the path of the ruins, in the caves, His voice roared, he lit lights. Singing, alive, he went to battle, Against a big and great crowd. "It's good to die on the watch, for our land!" so he said. Once upon a time there was an intriguing hero, He had only one arm. |
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Hebrew words
Translator's note: The hero remembered in the song is Joseph Trumpeldor.
| LYRICS | Avraham Broides |
| MUSIC | Nahum Nardi |
| SINGER | Dinah Nachum |
| CD | |
| DANCE CHOREOGRAPHER | Moshiko Halevy 1962 |
| DANCE FORMAT | |
| DANCE VIDEO | Demonstrated by Naftaly and Ariella Kadosh |
| Words transliterated by George Jakubovits of Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| English translation by Daniel Shalev of Rishon Le Zion, Israel |
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