Kaddish

  • Lyrics: Ofra Haza and Bezalel Aloni
  • Music: Ofra Haza and Bezalel Aloni
  • Arrangements: Ofra Haza and Bezalel Aloni
  • Album: Desert Wind (1989)

The voices of the elderly men praying in the song and integrated into it are the voices of the worshippers during the week of mourning (Shiva) for Bezalel’s mother.

Bezalel: “I listen to the song and feel a sense of purification. Ofra entered the studio, sang it once, and that is what is on the record. Will religious people see this as a desecration? Absolutely not. I am at peace with it.”
  • Lyrics
  • Translation

Kaddish
Why do I cry at night?
Why do I feel so bad?
Something holds me tight
It's something in the air

I have a prayer a prayer
A prayer from my heart
Night after night after daylight
Memories of home
Hm… hm… hm…

BA HA YECHON OOV YA MECHON – KADDISH
AL ISRAEL TAL ME DE HUN – KADDISH
AL NA HOMO AL SHE ZO VO – KADDISH
AL RA FOO OH OOGE OOLO – KADDISH
AL SA LI HO WA CHA PO RO – KADDISH
AL HA SO LO AL HA SO LO – KADDISH
AL NA HO MO – KADDISH
AL RA FOO OH – KADDISH
AL SA LI OH – KADDISH
WA CHA PO RO AL HA SO LO AL HA SO LO – KADDISH

OOH… KADDISH DE RA BA NAN
OOH… KADDISH DA AMI RAM
BO OLA MO DI VO RO – KADDISH
HOO YIT GA DAL WE YIT KA DASH – KADDISH
AL NA HOMO AL SHE ZO VO – KADDISH
AL RA FOO OH OOGE OOLO – KADDISH
BA HA YECHON OOV YA MECHON – KADDISH
AL ISRAEL TAL ME DE HUN – KADDISH
AL SHA LO MO – KADDISH
MIN SHA MA YO – KADDISH
YE HE LA NO – KADDISH
WA CHA PO RO AL HA SO LO
AL HA SO LO – KADDISH
Hm… hm… hm…