Flash Gordon

  • Lyrics: Bezalel Aloni
  • Music: Bezalel Aloni
  • Arrangements: Eldad Shrim
  • Album: Al Ahavot Shelanu (1980)

Ofra participated with the song in the Shiruvision for Children competition in 1979 and won first place.

A year after the competition, 90% of the young candidates auditioning to take part in Shiruvision chose to audition with “Flash Gordon.”

In honor of the competition, Bezalel Aloni wrote another song for Ofra Haza about Kishkashta, but “Flash Gordon” received broad support, and Ofra performed it.

Translated by Malka Tischler
  • Transliteration
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Flash Gordon

Bein ananim ra’iti
otkha be-rosh marom
ve-rak otkha ratsiti
otkha li mi-kulam
Amits, ge’e ve-lo pakhdan
nilkham ba-esh u-va-ashan

Flash Gordon Flash
sipur nifla mamash
ata mafsid – ani bokha
ata mamri – ani smecha
ba-tov ba-ra tamid itkha
Flash Gordon Flash!

Flash Gordon Flash
sipur nifla mamash
ata mafsid – ani bokha
ata mamri – ani smecha
ba-tov ba-ra tamid itkha
Flash Gordon Flash!

Ahuvatekh nekhtafet
el i bein kokhavim
ani kuli nirgeshet
mi-pakhad ha-gvahim
ata kofets u-mezank (wow!)
oti, ota, shuv mekhabeq

Flash Gordon Flash
sipur nifla mamash
ata mafsid – ani bokha
ata mamri – ani smecha
ba-tov ba-ra tamid itkha
Flash Gordon Flash!

Flash Gordon Flash
sipur nifla mamash
ata mafsid – ani bokha
ata mamri – ani smecha
ba-tov ba-ra tamid itkha
Flash Gordon Flash!

Kol yom ani ro’a bekha
olam shel dimyonot
Kol yom ani rotse otkha
iti ba-khalomot
la’uf itkha kmo malakhim
lihyot itkha ba-ananim

Flash Gordon Flash
sipur nifla mamash
ata mafsid – ani bokha
ata mamri – ani smecha
ba-tov ba-ra tamid itkha
Flash Gordon Flash!

Flash Gordon Flash
sipur nifla mamash
ata mafsid – ani bokha
ata mamri – ani smecha
ba-tov ba-ra tamid itkha
Flash Gordon Flash!

Flash Gordon Flash
sipur nifla mamash
ata mafsid – ani bokha
ata mamri – ani smecha
ba-tov ba-ra tamid itkha
Flash Gordon Flash!