LECHOL ISH YESH SHEM
EVERY PERSON HAS A NAME

 

 

Lechol ish yesh shem
shenatan lo elohim
venatnu lo aviv ve'imo

Lechol ish yesh shem
shenatnu lo komato
ve'ofen chiyucho
venatan lo ha'arig

Lechol ish yesh shem
shenatnu lo heharim
venatnu lo k'talav

Lechol ish yesh shem
shenatnu lo hamazalot
venatnu lo shchenav

Lechol ish yesh shem
shenatnu lo chat'av
venatna lo k'mihato

Lechol ish yesh shem
shenatnu lo son'av
venatna lo ahavato

Lechol ish yesh shem
shenatnu lo chagav
venatna lo mel'achto

Lechol ish yesh shem
shenatnu lo tkufot hashanah
venatan lo ivrono

Lechol ish yesh shem
shenatan lo hayam
venatan lo moto.
Every person has a name
that God gave him
and which his father and mother gave him

Every person has a name
which his height
and the style of his smile gave him
and which his tapestry gave him

Every person has a name
which the mountains gave him
and which his walls gave him.

Every person has a name
which the star signs gave him
and which his neighbours gave him.

Every person has a name
which his sins gave him,
and which his longing gave him.

Every person has a name
which his enemies gave him
and his love gave him.

Every person has a name
which his festivals gave him,
and which his work gave him.

Every person has a name
which the seasons gave him,
and which his blindness gave him.

Every person has a name
which the sea gave him,
and which his death gave him.

 

 


Hebrew words


Note: Zelda Mishkovsky was born in the Ukraine and settled in Palestine in 1926.

LYRICS Zelda Schneurson Mishkovsky   (1914-1984)
MUSIC Hanan Yovel
SINGER Chava Alberstein
CD The Early Years Volume 5    Disk 2  Track 2
 

Words transliterated & translated by George Jakubovits of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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