SHIR HABOK'RIM

ARAVA ARAVA DANCE 

Arava arava ein ketz,
Ein ha’bokrim tara.
Lo ar’ar lo dardar lo eitz
Ru’ach shav ha’midbara

Zemer ha’bokrim ya’ale v’yifrach
Al merchavim nisa’im ad ein gemer,
V’tishka ha’chama v’trizrach,
U’mosif v’koleh ha’zemer

Arava arava admon
Shnot alafim tamu
Ha’boker al gav sus kadmon
Badrachim shenashamu

SONG OF THE COWBOYS

WILDERNESS WILDERNESS 

Arava, Arava without end
The eye of the cowboy is searching,
No lone bush, no thorn, no tree,
Wind comes back to the desert.

The song of the cowboys goes up and blossoms,
Through spaces which stretch to infinity.
The sun will set and rise,
The song continues and flows...

Arava, arava, rust-colored,
Thousands of years ended,
A cowboy on an old horse,
In the devastated roads.


Hebrew words

Listen to the original version on the Jewish National & University Library Sound Archives

LYRICS
Ya'akov Orland
MUSIC
Mordechai Oleri Nuzik
SINGER
Trio Aravah: Arik Lavi, Shimon Yisraeli & Tzvi Borodo
Israel Itzhaki
Other versions: Sasi Keshet, Arik Sinai, Geula Gill, Hakol Over Habibi
DANCE CHOREOGRAPHER
Dani Dassa
DANCE FORMAT
Circle

Words transliterated by George Jakubovits of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Words translated by Liora Claff of Lismore, Australia.
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