Ha-ke’ev Ha-ze

Lyrics: Ofra Haza
Music: Ofra Haza and Izhar Ashdot
Arrangements: Izhar Ashdot
Album: Yamim Nishbarim (1986)

Yizhar Ashdot: “In the case of ‘This Pain,’ I felt that the verse wasn’t strong enough, so I re-composed it. Ofra composed the chorus and, of course, wrote the lyrics.” After the plane crash in which Ofra was traveling in 1987, while walking in the rain and mud, she began singing the song “This Pain” to herself. The song was renewed by leading Israeli singers Ivri Lider and Ninet Tayeb in 2007, marking seven years since Ofra’s passing. The song reached No. 21 on Reshet G’s annual chart in 1987 and held the No. 1 position on the weekly chart for one week. The song reached No. 27 on Galatz’s annual chart in 1987 and climbed as high as No. 3 on the weekly charts.

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Translation

Ha-ke’ev Ha-ze
Ad achshav lo nish’ar davar
Ten li siman
Ha-ke’ev she-haya nish’ar
Ken, kol ha-zman
Ata mitrachek, kmo gal ne’elam
Ve-al ha-chol ha-cham
Rak ha-mabat she-mach’iv kol kakh

Ke-she-chom gufcha bi
Ochez bi u-mitragash
Lohet bi u-mitpatel
Ha-ke’ev ha-ze

Ke-she-chom gufcha bi
Ochez bi u-mitragash
Lohet bi u-mitpatel
Ha-ke’ev ha-ze makeh bi od

Be-dema’ot kol ha-kayitz tam
Ba lo ha-stav
Zikhronot metzay’rim anan
Kmo az ken achshav
Ata mitkarev u-melatef et panai
Ve-noshem oti, mitlahet muli ve-einai
Retuvot kol kakh

Ke-she-chom gufcha bi
Ochez bi u-mitragash
Lohet bi u-mitpatel
Ha-ke’ev ha-ze

Ata ei sham bein shever, bein anan
Bein dam u-vein ashan
Avud kol kakh
Ve-li ein ko’ach, ein ko’ach od lir’ot
Otcha nofel, ein li ko’ach od

Ke-she-chom gufcha bi
Ochez bi u-mitragash
Lohet bi u-mitpatel
Ha-ke’ev ha-ze

Ke-she-chom gufcha bi
Ochez bi u-mitragash
Ken ha-ke’ev, ho ha-ke’ev

Ha-ke’ev ha-ze

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