TOV SHEBATEM
 SO GOOD OF YOU TO COME
   

Avi haya oleh chadash
vegam imi nis'a al gal,
Vegam libam haya nirgash
vegam lahem haya lo kal.

Hem lo alu el hamucham
velo matzu kan avoda,
Aval ani noladti kan
al ken lahem ani moda.

Chorus:
Ba li lehagid: kama tov shebatem
kach haya tamid
kama tov shebatem,
Yesh kan od atid,
Bo'u ki bruchim atem bevo'achem.

Hora kan lirkod velishtot lechayim
Od pa'am od va'od
ma tov uma naim,
Lashir kol hakavod
vehevenu shalom aleichem.

Amru lecha chakeh - takshiv,
Yihyeh beseder - ten lichyot,
Ach im vikuach, yesh horim
Uven achim va'achayot.

Ata oleh lo od goleh
Umehasha'ar haniftach
Tuchal lomar befe male:
bei'eti hu kan - ani shayach.

Ba li ……..

My father was an newcomer to Israel,
and my mum was also carried on a wave,
Their heart was excited
and it was not easy for them.

They did not come here to something established, and they could not find work here,
But I was born here
and I thank them for it.

Chorus:
I feel like saying:
so good of you to come,
it was always like this,
There is a future here,
come and be blessed when you come.

To dance Hora and drink to life
Again and again
so good and pleasant
To sing "respect"
and bless you with a Shalom greeting.

You are told to wait and listen,
every thing will be ok, let us live.
If there is an argument between parents
and between brothers and sisters.

You are a new comer no more in exile,
And from the open gate
you can say with all your heart:
This is my home, this is where I belong.

I feel……………………


LYRICS  
MUSIC  
SINGER Ilana Avital
DANCE CHOREOGRAPHER Avi Perez  1990
DANCE FORMAT

Circle

 

The words to this song were transliterated and translated by
Chana Shuvaly of Shir Verikud, Melbourne, Australia.

To contact Chana click here

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