Mashrozet: Shir Ha-Nokedim / Ma Yafim Ha-Leilot
Od nagi’a el meimei ha-nachal
Ha-kvasim tzam’u bein he-harim
Ma yarok ha-deshe – kan porachat
Ha-shita el mul ha-adarim.
Yafati, tzon mar’itech nefazer
Alket lach chish ha-pzurim
Lu ehi, kat-gdi, bachar
Ve-litaft oti bein he-harim.
Chulu chulu cholalu zemer
Shiru shir la-gaz – ho
Tzemer ye’arem ad ein gmar
Kol noked alaz, ho.
Yad be-yad ro’im rakdu
Hemyat ha-tzon bak’a sham
Ma banot bachar chamdu
La-rokdim nafshan yatza kvar…
Ma yafim ha-leilot bi-Kna’an
Tzunanim hem u-vehirim
Ve-ha-dmama tifzach be-shir
Ve-ya’an libi be-shira.
Yilelat tanim noga
Techatze dmi ha-layil
Chulu chulu cholalu be-zemer
Shiru shir la-gaz – ho.
Medley: The Shepherd Song/How Beatufil Are The Nights
We will yet reach the river waters
The sheep are thirsty among the mountains
How green the grass is – here blooms
The acacia facing the flocks.
My beautiful one, your grazing flock we shall scatter
I will quickly gather for you the scattered ones
If only I were a small kid (goat) on the mountain
And you would caress me among the mountains.
Dance, dance, make music
Sing a song for the shearing – ho
Wool will pile up without end
Every shepherd is joyful, ho.
Hand in hand shepherds danced
The bleating of the flock broke out there
What the young girls desired
Their souls already yearned for the dancers…
How beautiful are the nights in Canaan
They are cool and bright
And the silence will burst into song
And my heart will answer in song.
A melancholic howl of jackals
Will pierce the silence of the night
Dance, dance, make music
Sing a song for the shearing – ho.