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Chai (Alive) (חי) - Ofra Haza, March 18, 1983.....

Shim'u echai

Ani od chai

Ushtei einai od nisa'ot la'or

Rabim chochai

Ach gam p'rachai

U'l'fanai shanim rabot misfor

Ani sho'el umitpalel

Tov shelo avda od hatikva

Over mizmor, midor l'dor

K'ma'ayan mei'az v'ad olam

Ani sho'el umitpalel

Tov shelo avda od hatikva!

Chai, chai, chai

Ken, ani od chai

Ze hashir shesaba

Shar etmol l'aba -

V'hayom ani.

Ani od chai, chai, chai

Am Yisrael chai

Ze hashir shesaba

Shar etmol l'aba

V'hayom ani.

Homim yamai v'leilotai

Uv'shamai amud ha'esh od kam

Ashir b'li dai [chai chai]

Efros yadai [chai chai]

L'y'didai asher mei'eiver yam

Ani sho'el umitpalel

Tov shelo avda od hatikva

Chai, chai, chai

Ken, ani od chai

Ze hashir shesaba

Shar etmol l'aba -

V'hayom ani.

Ani od chai, chai, chai

Am Yisrael chai

Ze hashir shesaba

Shar etmol l'aba

V'hayom ani.

Shim'u echai, ani od chai

Ushtei einai od nisa'ot la'or

Az ko lechai, l'chawl orchai

Ul'vanai hamevakshim lachzor

Ani sho'el umitpalel

Tov shelo avda od hatikva

Chai, chai, chai

Ken, ani od chai

Ze hashir shesaba

Shar etmol l'aba -

V'hayom ani.

Ani od chai, chai, chai

Am Yisrael chai

Ze hashir shesaba

Shar etmol l'aba

V'hayom ani.

Chai, chai, chai

Chai, chai, chai,

Chai - Ani od chai, chai, chai!

Listen, brothers

I'm still alive

And my two eyes are still raised to the light

Many are my thorns,

But also my flowers

And ahead of me are years too numerous to count

I ask

And pray

It's good that hope was not yet lost

A psalm passes from generation to generation

Like a spring from long ago, and on to eternity

I ask

And pray

It's good that hope was not yet lost

Alive, alive, alive

Yes, I'm still alive

This is the song which grandfather

Sang yesterday to father

And today I [sing it]

I'm still alive, alive, alive

The people of Israel live

This is the song which grandfather

Sang yesterday to father

And today I [sing it]!

My days are full of life

And also my nights

And in my sky the pillar of fire still rises

I will sing endlessly

I'll spread out my hands

To my friends across the sea.

I ask

And pray

It's good that hope was not yet lost

Alive, alive, alive

Yes, I'm still alive

This is the song which grandfather

Sang yesterday to father

And today I [sing it]

I'm still alive, alive, alive

The people of Israel live

This is the song which grandfather

Sang yesterday to father

And today I [sing it]!

Listen my brothers,

I'm still alive

And my two eyes are still raised to the light

So here's to life!

To all my guests

And to my children who seek to return

I ask

And pray

It's good that hope was not yet lost

Alive, alive, alive

Yes, I'm still alive

This is the song which grandfather

Sang yesterday to father

And today I [sing it]

I'm still alive, alive, alive

The people of Israel live

This is the song which grandfather

Sang yesterday to father

And today I [sing it]!

Alive alive alive

Alive alive alive

Alive, I'm still alive alive alive!

שמעו אחי

אני עוד חי

ושתי עיני עוד נישאות לאור

רבים חוחי

אך גם פרחי

ולפני שנים רבות מספור

אני שואל

ומתפלל

טוב שלא אבדה עוד התקווה

עובר מזמור

מדור לדור

כמעיין מאז ועד עולם

אני שואל

חי, חי, חי

כן, אני עוד חי

זה השיר שסבא

שר אתמול לאבא

והיום אני

אני עוד חי, חי, חי

עם ישראל חי

זה השיר שסבא

שר אתמול לאבא

והיום אני

הומים ימי חי חי

ולילותי חי חי

ובשמי עמוד האש עוד קם

אשיר בלי די, חי חי

אפרוש ידי חי חי

לידידי אשר מעבר ים

אני שואל

חי, חי, חי

שמעו אחי

אני עוד חי

ושתי עיני עוד נישאות לאור

אז כה לחי

לכל אורחי

ולבני המבקשים לחזור

אני שואל

חי, חי, חי

Words/Music: Ehud Manor / Avi Toledano

Transliteration: Malka Tischler

Translation: Malka Tischler

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