BE'ARVOT HANEGEV
Be'arvot hanegev mitnotzetz hatal,
be'arvot hanegev ish magen nafal,
lo nasham hana'ar venadam halev,
et blorit hase'ar ru'ach telatef. (X2)
Halumat atzevet veyagon nora,
em z'kena nitzevet venoset d'vara,
hadim'ah nigeret me'eyney imcha,
ba kadur oferet veyif'lach libcha. (X2)
Et bachuri shachalti bim'tzolot hayam,
ve'otcha gidalti lemagen ha'am.
Hem lo yishberuni beyagon veshachol,
hem lo ya'akruni, bni, lamrot hakol
Az tza'ad kadimah na'ar g'vah komah,
veyomar la: ima, al lakh bedim'ah!
Bachureinu, ima, biy'mey p'kudah,
mul soneinu, ima, kechomat p'lada. (X2)
Mul shoded vemelech tz'meh damim oyen,
tnini ve'ehyeh lach anochi leven.
Be'arvot hanegev hu lachatz yada,
im tirtzu, chevraya, ein zo agadah. (X2)
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IN THE PLAINS OF THE NEGEV
In the plains of the Negev the dew glitters.,
In the plains of the Negev a defender has fallen,
the lad is not breathing, the heart has stopped,
The wind strokes the moon's forelock. (X2)
Stricken with sadness and a dreadful grief,
An old mother stands and says her piece,
the tears pour from your mother's eyes,
A bullet of lead came and pierced your heart. (X2)
I weighed my first-born by the waters of the sea,
and I raised you to guard the nation.
They didn't break me with grief and obstacles
they didn't make me fall, my son, despite it all.
Then a tall lad strode forward,
and said to her: Mom, do not cry!
Our boys, Mom, in days of command,
face our foes, Mom, like an iron wall. (X2)
Facing an enemy, a bloodthirsty, hostile king,
allow me and I shall be a son to you.
In the plains of the Negev he pressed her hand.
If you will it, friends, it's no fairytale. (X2)
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