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Thread #20703   Message #216680
Posted By: Joe Offer
23-Apr-00 - 06:05 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Hava Nagila
Subject: Lyr Add: HAVA NAGILA (trad. Israeli)
Well, Here are the Hebrew lyrics and a recording.


HAVA NAGILA
( Israeli folk song)

Hava nagila, hava
nagila, hava,
nagila venis mecha.
Hava nagila, hava
nagila, hava,
nagila venis mecha.
Hava neranena, hava neranena,
hava neranena, venis mecha.

Hava neranena, hava neranena,
hava neranena, venis mecha.
Uru, uru achim,
uru achim belev sameach,
uru achim belev sameach,
uru achim belev sameach,
uru achim
uru achim
belev sameach.
^^

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Rise Up Singing offers this translation:
Let us rejoice and be happy
Awaken brothers and sisters with a happy heart.
I wasn't able to find an English version that could be sung.
-Joe Offer-