KARATA LI ESTER

Karata li Ester
k'sheratzili lishko'ach
vegiliti simchah
bamakom sheratzili livro'ach
karata li Ester
ve'eineicha d'mamah
shneinu lamadnu
be'ota sh'mamah.

Karata li Ester
hifsakti lid'og
ve'et kol hamerchak
lo yachol lachazor
bamakom shehikarta
yesh borot amukim
hitzmachti k'nafaim
ve'ein li panim.

Ahhh...

Amarta li Ester
"al tabiti bi kach"
shneinu yod'im
az boi nishkach
tamshichi lalechet
El-him itach
ani po nirdam
oti hu shachach.

Ahhh...

Tashiri Ester bishvili
tashiri...
tashiri lay'ladim
lifnei she'hem nog'im
lifnei she'hem holchim
tashiri Ester l'olam.

Ani nirdam...

YOU CALLED ME ESTHER

You called me Esther
when I wanted to forget
and I discovered joy
in the place I wanted to abandon
you called me Esther
and your eyes - silence
the two of us learned
in the same wasteland.

You called me Esther
I stopped worrying
and all the distance
can't return
the place you knew
there are deep pits
I grew wings
and have no face.

Ahhh...

You said to me Esther
"don't look at me this way"
the two of us know
so let's forget
continue walking
G-d is with you
I fall asleep here
he forgot me.

Ahhh...

Sing Esther for me
sing...
sing to the kids
before they touch
before they go
sing Esther to the world / forever (?)

I fall asleep...


Hebrew words
Persian   

Note:
I dedicate this song to my first Hebrew teacher Esti Delshad from Hebrew U.

LYRICS
Etti Ankri
MUSIC
Etti Ankri
SINGER
Etti Ankri
Etti Ankri & David D'or

Words transliterated and translated by George Jakubovits of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Persian translation by Sara Sharifian of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Persian

 
To Man Ro Esther Seda Kardi

To mara Esther seda kardi
zamani ke mikhastam (to ra) faramoosh konam
va man shadi ra peida kardam
dar jaee ke mikhastam (hame chiz ra) tark konam
to man ra Esther seda kardi
va cheshman e to – dar sokoot
va ma do nafar dar
yek sahra amookhteim

To mara Esther seda kardi
va man digar negaran naboodam
va tamame faseleha digar
nemitavannad buzgardand
dar jaee ke midani chalehaye
amigh vojood darand
man balha ra parvaresh midaham
Dar hali ke soorati nadaram

Ahhh...

Esther , to be man gofti
“be man inchenin nanegar”
hardoye ma midanim
pas bia faramoosh konim
be rah raftan edame bede
Khoda ba tost
man inja mikhabam
Oo mara faramoosh mikonad

Ahhh...

Esther baraye man avaz bekhan
bekhan
baraye koodakan bekhan
pish az inke lams konand
pish az inke beravand
bekah Esther baraye jahanian
bekhan Esther baraye hamishe

Man mikhabam

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