Ba-Galil be-Tel Hai

Lyrics: Aba Hushi
Music: Folk
Arrangements: Benni Nagari
Album: Shirey Moledet 3 (1987)

Ofra: “Words that might sound banal, but they hold an incredible and even threatening meaning. Words that take on a cynical significance, especially today, against the backdrop of the famous ‘High Schoolers’ Letter’ sent to the Minister of Defense. I felt chills all over my body when I sang it with Beny Nagari for the first time. This is a song that has stayed with me since kindergarten. Sad, real, and moving.”

Translated by George Jakubovits

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Ba-Galil be-Tel Hai
Ba-Galil be-Tel Hai
Trumpeldor nafal
Be’ad amenu be’ad artzenu
Gibor Yosef nafal.
Derech harim derech gva’ot
Ratz lig’ol et shem Tel Hai
Lemor, la-achim sham:
Lechu be’ikvotai.

Derech harim derech gva’ot
Ratz lig’ol et shem Tel Hai
Lemor, la-achim sham:
Lechu be’ikvotai.

Bechol makom
Uvechol rega
Tizkeru oti
Ki nilchamti vegam nafalti
Be’ad moladeti.
Kol hayom ani charashti
Uvalaila kne rubi beyadi achazti
Ad harega ha-acharon.

Kol hayom ani charashti
Uvalaila kne rubi beyadi achazti
Ad harega ha-acharon.

Ba-Galil be-Tel Hai

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