Habayta הביתה (Homewards) | Songs of Hope | SHIR Australian Jewish Music Festival

When Ehud Manor wrote the lyrics for Habayta הביתה (Homewards) in 1983, he was calling for IDF soldiers fighting in the First Lebanese War to return home. Forty-one years later, Israel has just signed another ceasefire with Lebanon, and our soldiers will again come home.

The song also became an anthem of the #bringthemhome movement, and a rousing rendition at the #homelandconcert by 1,000 Israeli musicians in the ancient Roman amphitheatre at Caesarea was released and produced by Talya Yarom in January 2024.

Our performance at Sydney Town Hall on Sunday 6th October was the first time this new arrangement was presented in Sydney. Featuring Ilan Kidron, Sarit Michael, Noy Ben Ami, Mordechai Aryeh Levin, Nikki Stanislav and Eden Shifroni, accompanied by CHUTNEY and Sydney Town Hall Organist Titus Grenyer.

Lyrics: Ehud Manor
Composer: Yair Klinger
Video by Roman Polura
Sound by Damian de Boos Smith & Maria Alfonsine

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Lyrics:

עוד שנה חלפה,
עוד שנה טרופה,
עשבים שוטים עלו בשביל ובגן.
רוח נאנח
את התריס פתח
ומכה בקיר הישן,
כמו קורא:

הביתה, הביתה,
באה עת לחזור,
מן ההרים
משדות זרים.
היום דועך ואין סימן.

הביתה, הביתה,
טרם רדת אור.
לילות קרים,
לילות מרים,
קרבים עכשיו לכאן.

עד עלות השחר
מתפללת לשלומך,
שבויה באזיקי פחדים
אני שומעת צעדים.

הביתה, הביתה,
כי עוד לא ניתן
כל מה שהובטח לנו מזמן.

Another year has passed,
another year of madness,
the weeds have grown in the path and the garden.
The wind sighed
opening the shutter
and banging the old wall,
as if calling:

Back home, back home,
it's time to return,
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