Bayit Cham

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

Ofra recounts that she asked Betzalel to write the song after, during that period, she repeatedly read in the newspaper about girls who had run away from their homes.

The song reached number 9 on Galei Tzahal’s annual chart in 1983–1984 and held the top position on the weekly charts for two weeks.
  • Transliteration
  • Translation

Bayit Cham
Or melatef
Shever anan
U-dmut nishkakhat
Ba-ashan
Or menatsnets
Kol ba-hamon
Yalda bokha
Me-rov sha’on

Bayit cham, bayit cham
Yalda rotza rak bayit cham
Bayit cham, bayit cham
Lihyot itkha be-bayit cham

Ata make
Bi zikhronot
Ve-tskhok muzar
Shel albonot
Yaldut rekhoka
Bein simta’ot
Ve-eineikha ele
Tamid borkhot

Bayit cham, bayit cham
Yalda rotza rak bayit cham
Bayit cham, bayit cham
Lihyot itkha be-bayit cham

Yad mushetet
Le-ezra
Ve-rak ata
Ke-tsel over

Bayit cham, bayit cham
Yalda rotza rak bayit cham
Bayit cham, bayit cham
Lihyot itkha be-bayit cham

Bayit cham hu ha-nefesh
Makhseh la-neshama
Al teharos, ten lah lagashet
Ten lah ko’akh ba-neshama

Bayit cham, bayit cham
Yalda rotza rak bayit cham
Bayit cham, bayit cham
Lihyot itkha be-bayit cham

Bayit cham, bayit cham
Yalda rotza rak bayit cham
Bayit cham, bayit cham
Lihyot itkha be-bayit cham

Bayit cham, ken, bayit cham
Lihyot itkha be-bayit cham

Bayit cham