MAH HU OSEH LAH
WHAT DOES HE DO FOR HER

 

 

Yesh lah einayim, kmo shnei siflei kafeh turki
yesh lah motnayim, kmo legitarah italkit
yesh la se'ar kmo keter, yesh lah et kol hayeter
ach mitbarer be'ichur, sheyesh lah gam bachur.

Mah hu oseh lah, mah hu oseh
kshe'einav hu rak nose
n'mesah hi kmo chem'ah al hamachvat?
Mah yesh lo she'ein lanu
mah hu bichlal choshev atzmo kol kach
mah hu oseh bishvil shelevavah rak elav yovil,
mah hu oseh lah, mah hu oseh?

Ein lo shum to'ar, ve'ein lo praivet mishum mah,
ein lo miktzo'a, ein lo gam mil'a al han'shamah
ein lo atid batu'ach rak tzavaron patu'ach,
ach mi tsarich prutah ksheyesh lo rak otah?!

Mah hu oseh lah, mah hu oseh
kshe'eich sherak hu menaseh
lehatchil itah hi kvar shelo miyad?
Uchsheba'im anachnu
im kavanot tovot zeh lo mo'il
eizeh mazal nivzeh eich zeh holech lo min klaf kazeh
mah hu oseh lah, mah hu oseh?

Umidei erev kshehem holchim el hayarkon
anu bli heref kan metzitzim min habalkon
uvecheruk shinaim mitbonenim bashnaim
ach kmo tamid eizeh kir o eizeh etz mastir.

Mah hu oseh lah, mah hu oseh
im min partzuf tamid kmo seh?
Meile im haya be'emet kazeh az tov
ela sheha'emet hi
shezeh bichlal lo kach vechutz mizeh
mah shemargiz po od zeh shebe'etzem barur me'od
mah hu oseh lah, mah hu oseh
mah hu oseh lah, mah hu oseh
mah hu oseh... mah hu oseh!

She has eyes like two cups of Turkish coffee
she has hips like on a Italian guitar
her hair is like a crown, she has all the rest
but it's lately clear that she also has a guy.

What does he do for her, what does he do
when he just carries his eyes
she melts like butter on a frying pan?
What does he have that we don't
how does he at all think so much of himself
what does he do so that her heart will only to him lead,
what does he do for her, what does he do?

He has no title, and no private in any case,
he has no occupation, doesn' even have any stock to his soul
he has no certain future, just an open collar,
but who needs a coin when he has just her?!

what does he do for her, what does he do
when no matter how he tries
to start with her, she's immediately his?
and when we get there
with good intentions it's no use
what nasty luck, how does it get dealt in such cards
what does he do for her, what does he do?

And many evenings, when they walk to the vegetable market
we, without a break, are druling here from the balcony
and with bit teeth the two of us are staring
but like always a wall or some tree cover up (the view.)

what does he do for her, what does he do
with a type of face always like a lamb?
Let it be, if the truth was like this then fine
but the truth is
that it isn't at all so and besides
what is more bothersome here is that actually it's very clear
what he does for her, what he does
what he does for her, what he does
what he does... what he does!

 

 


Hebrew words

The song's original title in Italian was "Maruzzella"

LYRICS Yossi Gamzu
COMPOSER
original words in Italian

Enzo Bonagura
MUSIC Renato Carosone
SINGERS Original version: Hagashah Hachiver
New version: Gidi Gov and Shlomi Shabat
ORIGINAL SINGER in Italian Renato Carosone
CD's Hagashash Hachiver CD No.10   Track 1
Layla Gov  Track 3
 

Words transliterated & translated by George Jakubovits of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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