AL KOL ELEH
FOR ALL THESE THINGS
 

Al hadvash ve'al ha'okets
Al hamar vehamatok
Al biteynu hatinoket shmor eyli hatov.

Al ha'esh hamevo'eret
Al hamayim hazakim
Al Ha'ish hashav habayta
min hamerkhakim

Chorus:
Al kol eleh, al kol eleh,
Shmor nah li eyli hatov
Al hadvash ve'al ha'okets
Al hamar vehamatok.

Al na ta'akor natu'a
Al tishkakh et hatikvah
Hashiveyni va'ashuva
El ha'arets hatovah.


Shmor Eli al ze habayit
Al hagan, al hakhoma
Miyagon, mipakhad peta
Umimilkhama.

Shmor al hame’at sheyesh li
Al ha’or ve’al hataf
Al hapri shelo hivshil od
Veshene’esaf.

Chorus:

Merashresh ilan baru'akh
Merakhok nosher kokhav
Mish'alot libi bakhoshekh
nirshamot achshav.

Ana shmor li al kol eyle
Ve'al ahuvey nafshi
Al hasheket al habékhi
ve'al ze hashir.

Chorus:
Al kol eleh, al kol eleh,
Shmor nah li eyli hatov
Al hadvash ve'al ha'okets
Al hamar vehamatok.

Every bee that brings the honey
Needs a sting to be complete
And we all must learn to taste the bitter with the sweet.

Keep, oh Lord, the fire burning
Through the night and through the day
For the man who is returning
from so far away.

Chorus:
Don't uproot what has been planted
So our bounty may increase
Let our dearest wish be granted:
Bring us peace, oh bring us peace.

For the sake of all these things, Lord,
Let your mercy be complete
Bless the sting and bless the honey
Bless the bitter and the sweet.


Save the houses that we live in
The small fences and the wall
From the sudden war-like thunder
May you save them all.

Guard what little I’ve been given
Guard the hill my child might climb
Let the fruit that’s yet to ripen
Not be plucked before its time.



Chorus:

As the wind makes rustling night sounds
And a star falls in its arc
All my dreams and my desires
Form crystal shapes out of the dark.

Guard for me, oh Lord, these treasures
All my friends keep safe and strong,
Guard the stillness, guard the weeping,
And above all, guard this song.

Chorus:
For the sake of all these things, Lord,
Let your mercy be complete
Bless the sting and bless the honey
Bless the bitter and the sweet.

Bless the sting and bless the honey
Bless the bitter and the sweet.

   
  על כל אלה
Hebrew words

LYRICS Naomi Shemer
MUSIC Naomi Shemer
SONGBOOK Naomi Shemer Songbook 3 Page 1
SINGER Naomi Shemer
There are 18 different recorded versions of this song*
CD Naomi Shemer-Asif Part 2 Disk 2 Track 6
DANCE CHOREOGRAPHER Shlomo Bachar  1985
DANCE FORMAT Circle
Transliteration and singable English translation by Theodore Bikel
Printable Hebrew words link sent in by Robert Whelan of Canada
Spanish translation by Manuel Goldstein of Madrid, Spain
Singable Italian translation by Daniel Shalev of Rishon le Zion, Israel
Chord chart for this song
Contact the publisher of Hebrew Songs.com


Spanish translation Singable Italian translation
POR TODAS ESAS COSAS

TUTTO QUELLO

Cada abeja que trae la miel

Necesita picar para estar completa

Y todos debemos aprender a probar

lo amargo con lo dulce

 

Manten, oh señor, el fuego ardiendo

Durante la noche y durante el dia

Para el hombre que esta regresando

de lejos

 

No discutas lo que ha sido planteado

Asi nuestra recompensa sera mayor

Dejemos que nuestro mayor deseo sea cumplido

Traenos paz, ohhh traenos paz

 

Coro:

Por el bien de todas estas cosas, señor

Deja que tu bondad sea completa

Bendice la picadura y la miel

Bendice lo amargo y lo dulce

 

Como el viento hace sonidos silbantes en la noche

Y una estrella cae en su arco

Todos mis sueños y mis deseos

De la oscuridad salen

 

Protege, ohh señor, estos tesoros

Que todos mis amigos esten seguros y fuertes

Protege la quietud, y portege el movimeinto

Y sobre todo, protege esta cancion

 

Coro:

Por el bien de todas estas cosas, señor

Deja que tu bondad sea completa

Bendice la picadura y la miel

Bendice lo amargo y lo dulce

 

Bendice la picadura y la miel

Bendice lo amargo y lo dulce

Sia la rosa con la spina,

il profumo col dolor,

sulla piccola bambina

Veglia, mio Signor.

 

Serba il fuoco nel camino,

l'acqua chiara del mio mar

e chi, stanco del cammino,

torna al focolar.

 

Tutto quello, il brutto, il bello,

Tu proteggi, mio Signor.

Sia la rosa con la spina,

il profumo col dolor.

Non Seccare l'alberello,

la speranza non Scordar,

se Sostieni il mio fardello

io saprò come tornar.

 

Tu Proteggi queste mura,

la mia terra, casa mia,

la paura della guerra

Allontana via.

 

Serba il poco che mi resta

e, se il sole splenderà,

la mia frutta, ancora acerba

si maturerà.

 

Tutto quello...

 

Mormorio di foglie al vento,

una stella cade giù

e nel cuore al buio sento

che m'ascolti Tu.

 

Tu proteggi tutto quello

che ho di caro al mondo, Oh Dio:

Il silenzio, il pianto, il riso,

questo canto mio.

 

Tutto quello...

   
   
In addition to Naomi Shemer's version, there are 13 known recorded versions by: Eddie Butler, Chedva Amrani, Sexta, Michal Tal, Shuli Natan, HaGevatron, Liora, Lehakat Pikud Mercaz, Lehakat Cheil Hayam, Yossi Banai, Yehoram Gaon, Hakol Over Habibi, Ilanit with Yehoram Gaon



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