BALALAIKAH

Belev halailah sham'ati kol,
zeh kol achi al naharot bavel,
t'filah ilemet lo menuchemet
el Eretz Yisrael.

Mitoch ha'elem alah kolo
lo se'arah haytah bo ve'lo esh
rak balalaikah bedami halailah
vekol adam lochesh:

Balalaikah, balalaikah,
ho, shiri li im eshkachech Yerushalaim,
Balalaikah, balalaikah,
od yishama shiri be'eretz Yisrael.
Balalaikah, balalaikah,
od yishama shiri be'eretz Yisrael.

Belev halailah lachashti lo:
et t'filatcha sham'ati min habechi,
ani shoma'at, ani yoda'at,
achi, atah achi.

Belev halailah odo nogen,
aval im boker ye'alem kolo,
az ekachno ve'esano
al ha'olam kulo.

Balalaikah, balalaikah...

BALALAYKA

In the middle of the night I heard a voice,
it was my brother's voice on the rivers of Babylon
a mute prayer not consoled
to the Land of Israel.

From the silence his voice went up
there wasn't a storm in it, nor fire
just a 'balalayka' in my blood tonight
and the voice of a ma whispering:

Balalayka, balalayka,
oh, sing to me if I forget thee Jerusalem,
Balalayka, balalayka,
my song will yet be heard in the Land of Israel
Balalayka, balalayka,
my song will yet be heard in the Land of Israel

In the middle of the night I whispered to him:
I heard your prayer from the weeping,
I hear, I know
my brother, you are my brother.

In the middle of the night he is still playing,
but in the morning his voice will go silent,
I will then take it and carry it
to the whole wide world.

Balalaikah, balalaikah...


Hebrew words

LYRICS
Yoram Teharlev
MUSIC
Kobi Oshrat
SINGER
Ilanit

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