Bo Nedaber

  • Lyrics: Bezalel Aloni
  • Music: Bezalel Aloni and Shlomo “Bambo” Cohen
  • Arrangements: Shlomo “Bambo” Cohen
  • Album: Bo Nedaber (1981)


Bezalel: “Wonderful song. At that time we had a guitarist who was strange and cute, who spoke very little, and every performance he broke a guitar string. It made us both laugh and also angry, and I didn’t know what to do with him. As a joke, we always told him: ‘Bambi, come on, let’s talk about something’, and he would look at us, smile and kept quiet. At one time Ofra told me: ‘you should write a song about him’, and this is how this song started. He even took part in the music”.
0:00 / 0:00
  • Transliteration
  • Translation

Bo Nedaber
Bo nedaber al ahava, bo nedaber ve-lo yoter
ulai nimtsa, nimtsa teshuva, ulai nilmad gam levater
bo nedaber al ahava be-milim lo makh’ivot
kakh ulai tavo shalva be-mabatim bein ha-dma’ot

Ki rosh ba-rosh ata iti be-khol ha-zman
ki rosh ba-rosh ve-lo mevin bekhlal inyan
tamid rak mitnaged, tamid rak mitboded
nu, dai, dai, dai, kakh perakh, hit’orer
tamid rak mitnaged, tamid rak mitboded, nu, dai

Bo nedaber al ahava, bo nedaber ve-al telekh
rak itkha ani ahuva ve-lo eda lama ve-eikh
einekha iti kol ha-yamim, le-an tivrakh? al ma titskhak?
hayinu kvar shtei tsiporim she-nadedu be-khol merkhak

Ki rosh ba-rosh ata iti be-khol ha-zman
ki rosh ba-rosh ve-lo mevin bekhlal inyan
tamid rak mitnaged, tamid rak mitboded
nu, dai, dai, dai, kakh perakh, hit’orer
tamid rak mitnaged, tamid rak mitboded, nu, dai

Bo nedaber, bo nedaber ahava, bo, bo, bo
bo nedaber, bo nedaber ahava, bo

einekha iti kol ha-yamim, le-an tivrakh? al ma titskhak?
hayinu kvar shtei tsiporim she-nadedu be-khol merkhak

Ki rosh ba-rosh ata iti be-khol ha-zman
ki rosh ba-rosh ve-lo mevin bekhlal inyan
tamid rak mitnaged, tamid rak mitboded
nu, dai, dai, dai, kakh perakh, hit’orer
tamid rak mitnaged, tamid rak mitboded, nu, dai

Bo nedaber al ahava