Facing Mount Sinai |
Mul Har Sinay |
מול הר סיני | |||||||
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Not a tale, my friends, | Lo ’agada, ré‘ay, | לֹא אַגָּדָה רֵעַי, |
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And not a passing dream: | Ve-lo halom ‘ovér: | וְלֹא חֲלוֹם עוֹבֵר: |
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Facing Mount Sinai, | Hiné mul Har Sinay, | הִנֵּה מוּל הַר סִינַי, |
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The bush, the bush is burning. | Ha-snè, ha-snè bo‘ér. | הַסְּנֶה, הַסְּנֶה בּוֹעֵר. |
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And it kindles in song | Ve-hi lohév be-shir | וְהוּא לוֹהֵב בְּשִׁיר |
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In the mouths of battalions of sons, | Be-fi gdudé banim, | בְּפִי גְּדוּדֵי בָּנִים, |
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And the gates of the city | Ve-sha‘aré ha-‘ir | וְשַׁעֲרֵי הָעִיר |
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[Are] in the hands of the Samson commandos. | Be-yad ha-shimshonim! | בְּיַד הַשִּׁמְשׁוֹנִים! |
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Oh, heavenly fervor | Ho, shalhèvèt-yah, | הוֹ, שַׁלְהֶֽבֶת יָהּ, |
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In the eyes of the youths, | ‘Éyné ha-ne‘arim, | עֵינֵי הַנְּעָרִים, |
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Oh, heavenly fervor | Ho, shalhèvèt-yah, | הוֹ, שַׁלְהֶבֶת יָהּ, |
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In the thunder of the engines, | Bi-re‘om ha-menu‘im, | בִּרְעוֹם הַמְּנוֹעִים, |
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This day will still be told of, | ‘Od yesupar ‘al zè ha-yom, | עוֹד יְסֻפָּר עַל זֶה הַיּוֹם, |
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My brothers, | ’Èhay, | אֶחָי, |
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The return of the people | Be-shuv ha-‘Am | בְּשׁוּב הָעָם |
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Standing in front of Sinai. | ’Èl ma‘amad Sinay. | אֶל מַעֲמַד סִינַי. |
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My friends, this is not a dream, | Ré‘ay, zè lo halom, | רֵעַי, זֶה לֹא חֲלוֹם |
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Not an imaginary vision: | Ve-lo hèzyon hozè: | וְלֹא חֶזְיוֹן הוֹזֶה: |
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From then until today, | Mé-’az ve-‘ad ha-yom, | מֵאָז וְעַד הַיּוֹם, |
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The bush burns and burns. | Bo‘ér, bo‘ér ha-snè. | בּוֹעֵר, בּוֹעֵר הַסְּנֶה. |
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It burns with a strong music | Lohét be-zèmèr ’on | לוֹהֵט בְּזֶֽמֶר אוֹן |
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With all the hearts | Bi-levavot ha-’él | בִּלְבָבוֹת הָאֵל |
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Of the youths of Zion | Shèl na‘aré Tsiyon | שֶׁל נַעֲרֵי צִיּוֹן |
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And the chariot of Israel! | Ve-rèkhèv Yisra’él! | וְרֶֽכֶב יִשְׂרָאֵל! |
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This song is about the Sinai war in 1956.