IZAKINO HADOD


 

Et otah hamanginah
she'avi ahav mibeit hat'filah
sharu beladino bekolei kolot
etzel hanona bas'derah
rechot hamat'amim shel erev yom shishi
im reiach p'tiliah
litfu et hapanim
bereiyach meshaker shel ela yevania

Veha'uzo nishpach kol haleil
veharosh ham'fukach hitbalbel
verak az k'mo tamid
nishm'a tzofar mechonit
mi ba la'sot kavod?
Izakino hadod.

Hu nishek et kulam
venatan b'rachah
beshem Adonai
kived bemartzepan
she'ishto tamid shalchah,
od hata'am bis'fatai
gam k'shelo hayah harbeh
tamid haytah simchah,
et zeh tamid ezkor
uch'shehamatzav kasheh tamid ani ed'a
she'lo hakol shachor

Sham ha'uzo nishpah kol haleil
veharosh ham'fukach hitbalbel
verak az k'mo tamid
nishm'a tzofar mechonit
mi ba la'sot kavod?
Izakino hadod.

UNCLE IZAKINO


That very melody
that my father loved from the house of prayer
they sang in Ladino in the voice of voices
at grandma's in the alley
scent of tasty foods of Friday evening
with the odour of a paraffin stove
they stroked our faces
with a lying scent of Greek ela

And the Uzzo was poured all night
and one's sober head got confused
and only then as awalys
a car horn is heard
who comes to do the honours?
uncle Izakino.

He kissed everyone
and gave a blessing
in the Lord's name
he honoured with marzipan
that his wife always sent,
the taste is still on my lips
even when there wasn't much
there was always joy,
this I'll always remember
and when it gets hard I'll always know
that not everything is black

There the Uzzo was poured all night
and one's sober head got confused
and only then as awalys
a car horn is heard
who comes to do the honours?
uncle Izakino.


Hebrew words

LYRICS
Ze'ev Nechamah
MUSIC
Ze'ev Nechamah And Tamir Kaliski
SINGER
Ethnix
CD
Live Track 9

Words transliterated and translated by George Jakubovits of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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