MACHOL LASHALOM
DANCE FOR PEACE

BADERECH EL HA'OR

ON THE ROAD TO THE LIGHT

Ba'emunah shebelibi
Ba'ahavah lelo gvulot
Batzedek asher bekirbi
Uvatikvot hachi gdolot
Uvamusar shebenafshi
Haram mikol ha'alilot
Hayom ani nishbah ...

 

Gam im aroch masah haderech
Ve'im rabim koshlim achor
Beyachad namshich lalechet
Baderech el ha'or

Uvekumi uvelechti
Korei shalom bamilchamah
Mul hashom'im za'akati
Mul kol hamevakshim damah
Im eileh haholchim iti
Bein egrofei hamastemah
Hayom ani nishbah ...

 

Gam im .

Uvechayai uvemoti
Beyisurei hamilchamot
Vehakvarim be'admati
Ve'azkarat haneshamot
Uvnei beitcha uvnei beiti
Bein resisei hachalomot
Hayom ani nishbah ...

Gam im.....
With faith in my heart
In love that knows no borders,
And in the justice within my soul,
And in the greatest hopes
And with the morality within me,
Which is higher than all events
Today I swear ...


Even if the arduous path is long
And if many fail and fall back
Together we'll continue on
On the road towards the light

And when I rise and when I go along my way
I call for peace in the middle of war
To those who will hear my cry
And to those who want to silence it*
With those who will walk with me,
Among the fists of hatred
Today I swear ...

Even if ...

And in my life and my death,
In the suffering of wars
And the graves in my land
And the memorial for departed souls
And the members of your household and my household
Among the fragments of dreams
Today I swear ...

Even if....
   

Translators' notes:

* hamevakshim damah - literally, those who want to kill it (the cry for peace)

This song was written after a Peace Now demonstration in the 1980's in which Emil Grunzweig was killed.


LYRICS Chaim Chefer
MUSIC Kobi Oshrat
SINGERS The Dudaim
CD Dudaim 30th Anniversary (Shloshim Shanim Dudaim)   Track 22
DANCE CHOREOGRAPHER Yair Ankri  1989
DANCE FORMAT Circle
DANCE VIDEO Demonstrated by Avner Naim and Yair Ankri
 

Translated and transliterated by Malka Tischler of New York, USA together with
Chana Shuvaly of Melbourne Australia
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