YAFA AT LI

Befeh maleh ani modeh
Bach ani me’uhav
Yafa kamoch
eini motzeh
Yesh bach dvash vegam chalav
Avir harim zach vetzalul
Yarok vechum bemida
Mi tzarich bichlal et chul
Kol she’ertze bach emtza

Yafa at li vegam lo
Yafa la’olam kulo
Yafo hi li keIstanbul
Lo tzarich bichlal et chul
MiVenetzia hatzafon
mifratz Eilat keHawaii
Lechofey yam hatichon,
artzi sheli mas’at chayai

At niknet beyisurim
dam vayeza udma’ot
Ayef ani minedudim
ohev otach ani ad klot
At tevel umlo’a
kisufey avotai
Mul yofyech nafshi go’a
Bach nit’u shorashai

Yafa at li……

YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL FOR ME

I fully admit
I am in love with you
I will not find one
more beautiful than you
You have honey and milk
Mountains air, fresh and pure
Green and brown equally
Who needs to go overseas?
I will find here all that I need

You are beautiful for me and him
Beautiful to the whole world
Yafo is like Istanbul
We don’t need to be overseas
The north is like Venice,
Eilat’s harbor like Hawaii
The Mediterranean shores,
my country the longing of my life

You have been achieved
with blood, sweat and tears
I am tired of wandering;
I will love you until the end
You are the whole world,
the longing of my ancestors
My soul rises in front of your beauty
My roots are here

You are beautiful…….

יפה לי את