RE'ACH SHEL SHOKOLAD
THE SMELL OF CHOCOLATE

 

Besof Ramat-Gan yesh makom meyuchad,
Sham efshar la'amod ulehariach shokolad.


Yesh sham bayit gavoha gavoha

Bli chalonot, im shalosh arubot

Ushloshim mechonot yom valayla ovdot

Veshiv'im poalim im sinar ukfafot

Mechinim shokolad bechol hatzurot.


Chorus:

Shokolad katan veshokolad gadol
(sho-ko-ko-)
Shokolad yakar veshokolad bezol

Shokolad egozim veshokolad stam

La'ashirim, ulechulam

Vehareyach bechinam...
vechol ha'ezrachim (tu-tu-tu-tu...)
Otzrim umerichim
(mmm...)


Otzrim hayeladim sheratzim bashchuna

Otzer ha'otobus me'ever lapina

Hachatulim mafsikim livroach mehaklavim
Vehashotrim omdim leyad haganavim
Kulam mabitim el ha'arubot
Ule'at le'at, ha'af shelahem
Mitmaleh bereyach shel shokolad.


Chorus:
Shokolad katan veshokolad gadol....

Besof Ramat-Gan yesh makom meyuchad,

Sham efshar la'amod ulehariach shokolad.
At the edge of Ramat Gan there's a special place
Where you can stand and smell
Chocolate in the air

There's a big tall house
With three chimneys and no windows
And thirty machines inside working all day and night
Seventy workers in aprons and mitts
Making chocolate of every kind.

Chorus:
Small chocolate, big chocolate (sho-ko-ko-)

Expensive chocolate, cheap chocolate

Chocolate with nuts and plain

For the rich people, and for us all

And the smell is free
so all the citizens

Stop to sniff the air
(mmm.....)


The kids stop running in the streets

The bus stops at the corner

The dogs stop chasing the cats

Even the policemen stand near the thieves
Everyone gazes up at the chimneys
And their noses slowly fill
With the sweet smell of chocolate


Chorus:

Small chocolate, big chocolate...

At the edge of Ramat Gan there's
a special place
Where you can stand and smell
Chocolate in the air

 

 

Hebrew words

LYRICS Yehonatan Geffen
MUSIC Yoni Rechter
SINGER Yehonatan Geffen
CD Hakeves Hashisha-Asar - The Sixteenth Lamb  Track 12   [NMC 1978]
 

Words transliterated and translated by Danna Gutman of Madison, New Jersey, USA
Spanish translation by Daniela Roitstein of Melbourne, Australia
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Spanish translation

OLOR A CHOCOLATE

Donde termina Ramat-Gan hay

un lugar especial,

Allí te puedes parar y oler

chocolate

 

Allí hay una casa muy alta

sin ventanas, con tres chimeneas

y treinta máquinas trabajando día y noche

Y setenta empleados con delantales y guantes

preparando chocolate de distintas formas

 

Estribillo:

Chocolate pequeño y grande (sho-ko-ko)

chocolate caro y barato

chocolate con nueces y común

para los ricos, y para todos

y el aroma es gratis…

y todos los ciudadanos (tu-tu-tu-tu…)

se detienen a oler (mmmm…..)

 

Se detienen los niños que corren

en el barrio

Se detiene el autobús en la esquina

Los gatos dejan de escapar de los

perros

Y los policías se paran al lado de los

ladrones

Todos miran las chimeneas

y despacito, su nariz se llena

con el olor a chocolate

 

Estribillo:

Chocolate pequeño y grande…

 

Donde termina Ramat-Gan hay

un lugar especial

Allí te puedes parar

y oler chocolate.

 


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