ISRAEL HAYAFA
BEAUTIFUL ISRAEL


Ba'aretz hazot sheba kol adam chayal
Vetovey bachureha hasneh lo ukal

Ha'aretz hazot lemudat krav vehakrava

Zo ha'aretz sheba tutzat ahava,
sheba tutzat ahava.

Chorus:
Hoshet et hayad le'anshei hazayit,


Harchek hab'didut vekarev et habayit,
Hateh lanu shechem, harem hakfafa,

Heyeh gam ata - Israel hayafa.


Ha'aretz hazot shenatata la hakol,

Yeladim shel hayom vechaverim shel etmol,
Ha'aretz hazot im kol hanigudim

Zo ha'aretz sheba yista'imu hanedudim,

yista'imu hanedudim.

Hoshet........

Ha'aretz hazot sheda'ata ba predot,
Yeladim sho'alim ha'enayim domot,
Ha'aretz hazot sve'at hayisurim
Zo ha'aretz sheba yitchadshu hane'urim,
yitchadshu hane'urim.

Hoshet........
Ba'aretz hazot sheba kol adam chayal.


In this land every person is a soldier
and the best men are like the bush that does

not burn,
This land has experience in wars and sacrifice, this is the land where love will be lit.



Reach out your hand to the olive men
(olive =peace and olive color uniforms)
distance the loneliness and bring home closer.

Give us your shoulder, and pick up the glove
( the challenge)

You too can be beautiful Israel.

This land that you gave everything,
today's children and yesterday's friends,

In this land with all the contrasts, wandering  will end.
This land that knew good byes, children ask with tears in their eyes,
This is the land that youth will be renewed.

In this land every person is a soldier


COMPOSER Henry Barter
SINGER Boaz Sharabi
DANCE CHOREOGRAPHER Shmulik Gov Ari  1995
DANCE FORMAT Circle


The words to this song were transliterated and translated by

Chana Shuvaly of Shir Verikud, Melbourne, Australia.

To contact Chana click here


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