HABALADAH AL BARUCH JAMILI

THE BALLAD ABOUT BARUCH JAMILI

(Bakilometer ha'esrim
baderech ha'olah liY'rushalaim
derech Bab El Wad
reshumat k'tovet al hakir
Baruch Jamili, Petach Tikvah, Palmach)

Ani chozer ito
et hayamim hamer'chakim,
el derech she'asfah
shildei bar'zel shot'kim.
Baruch Jamili od nim'shach...

Chakuk k'mo siman,
k'mo ot behor hahar,
me'ever Bab El Wad -
rak shem echad notar:
"Baruch Jamili ufalmach"

Baruch ha'El be'eretz Yisrael
Tevorchi pisah shel shemesh ach gali li:
Mi hayah Baruch Jamili?
Meh asah Baruch Jamili?
Eifo hu Baruch Jamili?

Odeni mevakesh
limtzo et ne'urai.
Shanim esrim vashesh
beincha, uvein shirai,
Baruch Jamili od nim'shach...

Uveyamim shel din,
bederech Bab El Wad,
shavim shuv hashirim,
lihyot nigun echad.

"Bab El Wad lanetzach z'chor na et sh'moteinu
Tzvikah Alef, Tzvikah Gimel, Tzvikah Bet,
chamsinim bamish'lat, hazman zochel le'at,
kol yom k'mo shabat nim'shach"

Baruch ha'El...

Me'ever "Beit Mach'sir,"
kochav itcha hech'sir,
hak'tovet al hakir
haf'chah pit'om leshir,
Baruch Jamili shuv nolad.

"Anachnu po, Jamili,
be'eretz chalomot.
Osfim shirim, Jamili,
dma'ot alpaim sh'not...
dim'ah lak'tovet betash'lad" (5734)

Baruch ha'El...


Hebrew words

Watch video of this song at a 1974 song festival

LYRICS
Shlomo Artzi
MUSIC
Gidi Koren & Shlomo Artzi
SINGER
Shlomo Artzi

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