BEFUNDAK KATAN IN A SMALL TAVERN
 

 

Befundak katan benamal katan
Sham hayayin adom venotzetz
Befundak katan hen yashvu shloshtan
Im kvarnit lo - regel be'etz

Chorus:
Ve'amar hakvarnit: "ein davar ein davar"
Od machar tisa'eni sfina el hayam
El hayam hakachol od machar

Ha'achat nashka hashniya tzachaka
Hashlishit et sfamo tekatzetz
Kach yashvu shloshtan befundak katan
Im kvarnit lo - regel me'etz

Chorus:
Ve'amar…..

Hitka'es kvarnit az al hashlishit
Vekoso bashulchan hu nipetz
Vefundak katan az berosh murkan
Hu yashav rak im - regel ha'etz

Chorus:
Ve'amar…..

In a small tavern, in a small port
Where the wine is red and sparkles
In a small tavern the three women sat
With a wooden leg captain

Chorus:
And the captain said: "no matter, no matter,
Tomorrow the boat will take me to sea
To the blue sea tomorrow."

One kissed him, the second laughed
The third cut his moustache
That's how they sat there, the three of them
With a wooden leg captain

Chorus:
And the captain said: "it doesn't matter,

The captain got angry with the third one
And smashed his glass on the table
Then in a small tavern he sat, his head down,
alone with only his wooden leg.

Chorus:
And the captain said:..................

   


LYRICS Achi Ya'akov
MUSIC Beni Berman
SINGERS Beni Berman / Gabi Berlin
CD Benny Berman - Original Recordings '59-'62 (Haklatot Mekoriot) Track 3
From the Mooma website
DANCE CHOREOGRAPHER Avi Perez  1988
DANCE FORMAT

Circle

 

Words transliterated and translated by Chana Shuvaly of Melbourne, Australia.
as well as by Yardena Cohen, Walnut Creek , California
Additional translation assistance from Nathan Beit-Aharon of Montreal, Canada
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