HeChalil

  • Lyrics: Le’a Goldberg
  • Music: David Zehavi
  • Arrangements: Raffi Kadishzon
  • Album: Shirey Moledet 3 (1987)

Ofra performed this song together with Yehudit Ravitz on the program “Zimrat Ha’aretz.”

Ofra: “A year ago, Ehud Manor approached me to participate in his television show ‘Zimrat Ha’aretz.’ Of course, I joyfully agreed, and then he suggested—if I had no objection—that I sing ‘Hechalil’ (The Flute) together with Yehudit Ravitz. I included this recording in the album; it is the original recording from the television show. It’s not every day that such a duet happens live. I chose to end the first side of the record with this song.”
  • Transliteration
  • Translation

HeChalil
Hechalil
Hu pashut ve’adin vekolo
Kmo kol shel halev
Hechalil
Keshichshuch haplagim
Kmo shir yeladim.
Kemishak haruchot bepardes melavlev
Hechalil, hechalil.

Manginat hechalil, la’ilan la’anan
Manginat hechalil, lemirvatz adarim
Manginat hechalil, le’achi hakatan
Manginat hechalil, leharim leharim
Hechalil.

Hamakshiv lo yode’a
Yadua heytev,
Hu ya’ir et hadomi
Hu yaron lo betzlil
Kemishak haruchot bepardes melavlev
Hechalil

Manginat hechalil, la’ilan la’anan
Manginat hechalil, lemirvatz adarim
Manginat hechalil, le’achi hakatan
Manginat hechalil, leharim leharim
Hechalil