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Thread #161051   Message #3824173
Posted By: Joe_F
02-Dec-16 - 06:38 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Finjan: any other information?
Subject: RE: Origins: Finjan: any other information?
Incomplete, by a damn sight. At

http://www.hebrewsongs.com/?song=hafinjan

we find

Haru'ach noshevet k'rirah,
nosifah kisam lam'durah,
vechach bizro'ot argaman
ba'esh ya'aleh kekorban,
ha'esh mehavhevet,
shirah melavlevet,
sovev lo, sovev hafinjan...

Ha'esh lakisam telachesh:
admu ko paneinu ba'esh
im lanu tig'boret tutan/tuchan
mikol b'dal anaf shebagan,
kol etz vechol keresh
yashir azai cheresh,
sovev lo, sovev hafinjan...

Vezot, belo tosefet sh'vachim.
M'lachat mashkeh ham'lachim:
kafeh vesukar bo yutan
umayim - michatzit hakankan
yirtach pa'amaim -
hosifu k'tzat mayim,
sovev lo, sovev hafinjan...

Ve'im beshlishit chish yirtach -
halev yechared veyis'mach,
yach'zor hapasuk hanoshan:
hineh kahefeh kvar muchan.
Nishteh venish'bach:
yesh ta'am, yesh reiach,
sovev lo, sovev hafinjan...

Nigm'a min hasefel le'at,
hineh mesaprim kvar chizbat...
sipur she'avar alav zman,
besheker (sheket) matzmi'ach zakan...
habnof (blof) mitpate'ach -
kankan shuv rote'ach,
sovev lo, sovev hafinjan...

Nizkar nafinjan ech elav,
hachevreh higi'u mik'rav,
ech motkeh hagingi ratan:
echad lo yach'zor kvar lechan...
bedim'a ein katzeh
sovev hu be'etzev,
sovev lo, sovev hafinjan...

Shanim ya'avru vedorot,
g'vulot veg'sharim umedurot,
lezar la'olam lo yuvan
mah ta'am hazemer nugan -
tzanchan verizrevah
tamid yizkar bah -
ba"negaleh" netzachit shel finjan...
                
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Round about 1960, bad boys at Harvard Hillel sang

Haruakh noshevet krira.
Nasser rotseh hamdina,
Hamufti rotseh memshala,
Ve- [forgotten].
Veshloshtem beyakhad
Mishtamshim betakhat,...