EICH HU SHAR

ECH HU SHAR 

 

Verse 1
Merachok hu shomea
tfilot bet hakneset male
Hanerot hadolkim
reach erev shabat shuv ole
Ech kulam hitga-u bo
hayeled imkol hazahav
Vehasof kmo bikrav avud - soger alav

Ve'imo lachasha latinok
shera-ad uvacha
"od tir-eh lechulanu
tihey ga-ava mikolcha"


Vehasof kmo bikrav avud soger alav

Chorus:
Ech hu shar, ech hu shar
Hem rakdu misvivo
beteruf hu haya meushar
Ech hu shar ech hu shar
Ma nish-ar mehazohar
mikol hashirim ma nishar

Verse 2
Hem sagdu lo kmo el
hu haya sach hakol ben adam
Hakolot sheshama
bashchuna nemogim le-itam
rak hapachad hahu
halavan beorkav mitpatel
Hu chashav sheyamri ito - lo vehu nofel

Ech hu shar....

HOW HE SINGS

THE WAY HE SANG 

Verse 1
From far away he hears
the prayers coming from a full synagogue
The candles are lit
and the smell of the eve of the Sabath is rising
Everybody was proud of him -
the child with the golden voice
And the end - like a lost battle - closes in on him.

His mother whispered to the baby
who was shaking and crying
"You will see,
your voice will bring us great pride"
The heat from his Dad's hand as he sang and the fire in his eyes
And the end- like a lost battle - closes in on him.

Chorus:
How he sings, how he sings,
They danced around him
in ecstacy he was so happy.
How he sings , how he sings,
What is left from the glamour
and all the songs that he sang

Verse 2
They worshiped him like a God,
but he was only a human being
The voices he heard
in the neighbourrhood quietened slowly
Only that white fear
is winding in his veins
He wanted to fly with it but he fell.

How he sings.............


Note:
The song starts with the Hebrew prayer for the dead (Kaddish)
Audio link from Jewish Music.com
Video

LYRICS
Dan Almagor
MUSIC
Danny Robas
SINGER
Danny Robas
DANCE CHOREOGRAPHER
Gadi Bitton 1994
DANCE FORMAT
Circle

Words transliterated and translated by Chana Shuvaly of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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