SHTEIM ESREH TON


12 TONS
12 TON
TWELVE TONNES

Hen, shteim esreh ton,
ken, shteim esreh ton,
zeh chalom kol meshek vesi hachazon.
Shteim esreh ton,
lo chashuv shel mah,
chasah kalbasa,
tapu'ach adamah...

Hen, shteim esreh ton, ken, shteim esreh ton,
anachnu horadnu beyom rishon
ushteim esreh ton shel agvaniot
bepa'am rishonah be'alpaim shanot...

Mashachnu bagezer - shteim esreh ton
ushteim esreh ton shel pilpel vetzanon,
shteim esreh ton melach al hap'tzaim
shel mashkei has'vivah hamitpak'im.

Ve...shteim esreh ton ve'od sakit
k'lomar shteim esreh ton shel sha'uit
ushteim esreh ton - habatzal harishon
umikol etz zayit - shteim esreh ton !!

Hen, shteim esreh ton, ken, shteim esreh ton...

Otanu takaf min bulmus kazeh.
Korim lanu shevet hashteim esreh,
zo hi min ket shemezi'ah bechol veshabat,
ve... shteim esreh ton medunam echad!

Bemakom ah lah tol omrim ah lah ton
veshoklim veshoklim kol melafefon,
ve'az bebotnim matchilim mechadash,
ki anu chaim rak lefi hatounge.

Veton acher ton movilim al aton
veton acher ton orzim bekarton
sherak yihyeh pa'am katuv ba'iton
hachevreh higi'u - lishteim esreh ton...

Hen, shteim esreh ton, ken, shteim esreh ton...

Echad me'itanu ki hatachtan,
sheim esreh chevreh omdim hachen,
mevarchim et ha'elem bibnei zecher,
lo harbeh ach shneim esreh.

Ki banim shnaim asar zot lo hag'zamah,
bishvil zug shekazeh zeh hamemutza,
ki im tis'taklu bekalah el nachon,
az yesh lah, az yesh lah, shteim esreh ton

Umiyad kshenolad lo haben harishon,
az kulanu kaninu lo chalilon,
ve'et hashir al shteim esreh ton
hu kvar menagen al shteim esreh ton.

Hen, shteim esreh ton, ken, shteim esreh ton...

Be'azor meshakim yesh shneim asar
vekol meshek lachud meshuga ledaber
vekol ish bameshek malul ve'od tzon
hu shar et hashir al shteim esreh ton.

Baboker hu kam im shteim esreh ton
im shteim esreh ton shochev hu lishon
vekach mitpalel hu: yehi na ratzon
shemachar shuv nagi'a lishteim esreh ton.

Ach besheim asar lachodesh shnaim asar
hu ratz lasadeh vehu lo niz'har
ufit'om hu nish'kav al k'vish habeton
ki daras oto diesel - shteim esreh ton...

Hen, shteim esreh ton, ken, shteim esreh ton...


שתיים עשרה טון

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LYRICS
Yechiel Mohar
MUSIC
Sasha Argov
SINGER
Rafi Ginat
Lehakat Hanacha"l
DANCE CHOREOGRAPHER
Yoav Ashriel
DANCE FORMAT
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