Azor Li

  • Lyrics: Bezalel Aloni
  • Music: Bezalel Aloni
  • Arrangements: Eldad Shrim
  • Album: Bayit Cham (1984)

Parts of the song had already appeared in the song “Azor Li” on the album “Ve-Khutz Mi-Ze Ha-Kol Beseder” by the Hatikva Neighborhood Theatre Workshop.

Ofra said: “I instructed Betzalel to write this song. When a person succeeds, people expect him to fall—especially competitors. There are many malicious tongues spreading gossip lately.”

The song reached as high as fourth place on Reshet Gimmel’s weekly charts in 1983–1984, but did not enter the annual chart.
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  • Transliteration
  • Translation

Azor Li
Kshe-ha-yam so’er
Ve-ha-galim gvohim bo
Im lo esha’er
Mi-kol ha-metakharim bo
Im lashon ra’a
Tavi yamim kashim
Tavo dim’a
Me-rov makh’ovim

Bo azor li le-habit kadima
Bli livkot, bli livkot al ha-kholef
Ve-lir’ot ma od oleh, oleh ba-ofek
Bli lakhush, bli lakhush, gufi ko’ev

Shtei einai osfot
Drakhim ba-afela
Be-khol ha-midbarot
Ani lakh tefila
Be-sa’erat ha-yom
Himatse na menukha
She-lo yavo pit’om
Ha-ketz la-brakha

Bo azor li le-habit kadima
Bli livkot, bli livkot al ha-kholef
Ve-lir’ot ma od oleh, oleh ba-ofek
Bli lakhush, bli lakhush, gufi ko’ev

Bo azor
Bo azor
Bo azor

Bo azor li le-habit kadima
Bli livkot, bli livkot al ha-kholef
Ve-lir’ot ma od oleh, oleh ba-ofek
Bli lakhush, bli lakhush, gufi ko’ev

Az bo azor li le-habit kadima
Bli livkot, bli livkot al ha-kholef
Ve-lir’ot ma od oleh, oleh ba-ofek
Bli lakhush, bli lakhush, gufi ko’ev