ADD: K'tzat Daromah (Road to Eilat) (Hebrew)

Subject: Lyr Req: Hei Daromah (Hey Daroma) (Hebrew)
From: GUEST,Freakazoid
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 04:10 AM

Hi anyone got the lyrics to the Israeli folk song, "Hei Daromah" (also transliterated as "Hey Daroma"?

I have only the first line:



Ktsat daroma m'ber Sheva ruakh bamidbar noshevet,

thx

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hei Daromah LYRIC ADD (I think)
From: GUEST,#
Date: 07 Apr 21 - 06:46 PM

HEI DAROMAH
HEY, TO THE SOUTH
HEY DAROMA

K'tzat daromah liVe'er Sheva,
ru'ach bamidbar noshevet,
shvil la'aravah yarad/shvil yarad la'aravah
laradian im ach miharta,
et el amar chish avarta
vehineh chof Eilat/vehineh hi ha'aravah

Hei daromah, hei daromah
hei daromah le'Eilat/la'aravah!

Hasufah hineh overet
al haderech hi doheret,
lamidbar hag'dud sha'at.
Jeepim kan tasim karu'ach
halochem rosho paru'a,
kan baderech le'Eilat!

Hei daromah...

Halochem ayef yage'a
al ha'aretz histare'a
vechashav, hen kach katuv:
Et ha'aretz bi nishb'ati,
rak lachem kulah natati,
minei dan ve'ad yam suf!

Hei daromah...



from

http://hebrewsongs.com/?song=heidaromah

Subject: ADD: Road to Eilat (Hey Daroma)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 22 May 21 - 04:36 PM

This song was published "The Road to Eilat in Vol. 3, Ho. 7 Of Sing Out! (1953), and also apparently as a reprint in The Hootenanny Song Book I can't find the Hootenanny book right now, and I don't have that particular issue of Sing Out.

It also appears in Lift Every Voice: The Second People's Song Book published by Oak in 1953 - edited by Irwin Silber, page 76.

Here are the lyrics:

ROAD TO EILAT
(words and music by Chaim Chefer)

Ktsat daromah live'er sheva,
ruach bamidbar noshevet,
shvil la a ravah yarad
Laradianim ach miharta,
et El Omar chish avarta
vehineh hu chof Eilat

CHORUS
Hei daromah, hei daromah
hei daromah le Eilat.

Hasufa hineh overet
Al haderech hi doheret,
Lamidbar hagodud sha-at.
Jipim kantasim karvach
Halochem rosho parvah,
Kan bederech le'Eilat!
CHORUS

Halochaym ahyaf yagaya
Al haaretz histaraya
Vechashav, hayn kach katoov
Et haaretz Beenish - bati,
Rock lachem koolah natati,
Meeny don vehad yom soof.
CHORUS


And there's one English verse by Pete Seeger:

To the southward now we travel
Through this land of rock and gravel,
Yet you know just why we sing.
Who'll bring life and grass and water,
Life to raise our sons and daughters.
Youth and life is what we bring.
Hey Daroma, Hey Daroma,
Hey Daroma, l'Eilat.


The Hebrew transliteration is like none I've ever seen before. Maybe it's an attempt at phonetic spelling. More-or-less, it's the same as what # posted above.

Subject: RE: ADD: Ktsat Daromah (Road to Eilat) (Hebrew)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 22 May 21 - 04:55 PM

Seeger recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC9DvM6zG-4

Yaffa Yarkoni recording of "Hey Daroma": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no1OVk3JNvY

Also on this Elektra record, On the Road to Elath, a 1959 recording featuring Guela Gill and the Oranim Zabar Israeli Troupe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AXQ430KsKw

Not that it includes this song, there's an interesting performance of IDF songs here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx3Vwya-UtE

I refuse to take sides on this. There is good and bad on both sides, and I think we need to find a solution that serves everyone.