TNI LO PERACH GIVE HIM A FLOWER


Tni lo perach tni lo yayin

Aval et libech shimri
Kach avi hatov amar li
Kshehayiti bat esrim
Kach avi hatov amar li
Kshehayiti bat esrim

Yayin mar perach bar
Lo yoter ki ze yach'iv
Aval bat esrim hayiti
Lo yada'ati lehakshiv

Hu yaflig avi amar li
El eyey ah'agadot
Velalev shelach be'etzem
En makom bamizvadot
Velalev shelach be'etzem
En makom bamizvadot

Yayin mar.......

Ach avoy yamim higidu
Ulmeda ani hamach'ov
Ani kvar bat esrim ushtayim
Ma tzadak avi hatov
Ani kvar bat esrim ushtayim
Ma tzadak avi hatov

Yayin mar.....

 

 


Give him a flower give him wine

But guard your heart
My good father said so when I was twenty years old

Bitter wine a wild flower
No more because it will hurt
But I was twenty years old
I didn't know how to listen

My father told me
He will sail away to the legend  islands
And there is no space for your heart in the suitcase

Time proved I've  learned what pain is
I was only twenty two years old
How right was my father

 

SINGER GALI ATARI
COMPOSER MOSHE WILENSKY
DANCE CHOREOGRAPHER RA'ANAN MOR   1993
DANCE FORMAT PARTNER
 
The words to this song were transliterated and translated by
Chana Shuvaly of Shir Verikud, Melbourne, Australia.

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