Tefilah

  • Lyrics: Bezalel Aloni
  • Music: Henri Barter
  • Arrangements: Eric Rudich
  • Album: Albom HaZahav (1986)

The song is a new version of Tefilah which originally appeared on the album Bo Nedaber (1981).

Translated by Malka TIschler
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Tefilah

Hu ha-yoshev lo i sham ba-meromim
hu ha-rofe kol kholim
hu ha-noten rov simkha la-yeladim
hu ha-ose mishpatim
hu ba-shamayim ve-hu ha-yakhid
hu ha-gadol ha-nora
hu ha-shomer aleinu mi-tsara

Eloah, shmor na aleinu kmo yeladim
shmor na ve-al ta’azov
ten lanu or ve-simkhat ne’urim
ten lanu koakh od ve-od

Shmor na aleinu kmo yeladim
shmor na ve-al ta’azov
ten lanu or ve-simkhat ne’urim
ten lanu gam le-ehov

Ma kvar notar lanu od ba-yamim
ma kvar notar kol ha-yom
shemesh, tikva ve-hamon mabatim
layla ve-yom shel khalom
hu ba-shamayim ve-hu ha-yakhid
hu ha-gadol ha-nora
hu ha-shomer aleinu mi-tsara

Eloah, shmor na aleinu kmo yeladim
shmor na ve-al ta’azov
ten lanu or ve-simkhat ne’urim
ten lanu koakh od ve-od

Shmor na aleinu kmo yeladim
shmor na ve-al ta’azov
ten lanu or ve-simkhat ne’urim
ten lanu gam le-ehov

Eloah, shmor na aleinu kmo yeladim
shmor na ve-al ta’azov
ten lanu or ve-simkhat ne’urim
ten lanu koakh od ve-od

Shmor na aleinu kmo yeladim
shmor na ve-al ta’azov
ten lanu or ve-simkhat ne’urim
ten lanu gam le-ehov