Bamizrach Shelanu - Ofra Haza

Bamizrach Shelanu (In Our East) - Ofra Haza on the Dan Shilon Show with Ehud Manor and Israeli Defense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai on Thursday, October 29, 1998.


Bamizrach shelanu nivra olam
Bamizrach shelanu hakol od cham
Kan hakol, hakol hitchil
Hakinor ve’he’chalil, hakinor ve’he’chalil

Hatfilah she’od olah
Hatikvah hachi g’dolah
Hatikvah hachi g’dolah

Kan hitchilo likro ve’lichtov
Kan hitchilo lirot ve’lachshov
Kan hitchilo lechabek u’le’ehov
Ve’hakol shuv yatchil bekarov

Shuv natchil lechayech, lehagiv
Shuv natchil lehakshiv lehagiv
Shuv natchil lehabit misaviv
Shuv natchil lechakot la’aviv

Hamizrach, hamizrach od yizrach
Hamizrach od yashuv ve’yifrach
Hamizrach, hamizrach od yizrach
Hamizrach od yashuv ve’yifrach

Hamizrach shelanu nofel ve’kam
Hamizrach shelanu yoter hacham
Ve’lachen hakol yatchil mechadash kmo karagil
Mechadash kmo karagil

Hatfilah she’od olah
Hatikvah hachi g’dolah
Hatikvah hachi g’dolah

Kan hitchilo likro ve’lichtov
Kan hitchilo lirot v’lachov
Kan hitchilo lehabek u’le’ehov
Ve’hakol shuv yatchil bekarov

Hamizrach, hamizrach od yizrach
Hamizrach od yashuv ve’yifrach
Hamizrach, hamizrach od yizrach
Hamizrach od yashuv ve’yifrach

Hamizrach, hamizrach od yizrach
Hamizrach od yashuv ve’yifrach
Hamizrach, hamizrach od yizrach
Hamizrach od yashuv ve’yifrach

Hamizrach, hamizrach od yizrach
Hamizrach od yashuv ve’yifrach
Hamizrach, hamizrach od yizrach
Hamizrach od yashuv ve’yifrach


In our East, the world is created
In our East, it is all still hot
Here everything all started with
The violin and the flute, the violin and the flute

Prayer is still rising
The biggest hope
The biggest hope

Here we began to read and write
Here we began to see and think
Here we began to hug and love
And everything will start again soon

We begin to smile again, to respond
We'll start listening again, to respond
Again we start to look around
Let's start again wait for spring

The East, the East will shine more
The East will return and flourish
The East, the East will shine more
The East will return and flourish

Our East falls and rises
Our East is smarter
So everything will start again as usual
Again as usual

Prayer is still rising
The biggest hope
The biggest hope

Here we began to read and write
Here we began to see and think
Here we began to hug and love
And everything will start again soon

The East, the East will shine more
The East will return and flourish
The East, the East will shine more
The East will return and flourish

The East, the East will shine more
The East will return and flourish
The East, the East will shine more
The East will return and flourish

The East, the East will shine more
The East will return and flourish
The East, the East will shine more
The East will return and flourish


Words: Ehud Manor
Music: Bo'az Sharabi

Transliteration: Rachel Isakowitz
Translation: Rachel Isakowitz