Israel Matzav

Overnight music video

I happen to like this song a lot. The singer is Mordechai Ben David, who actually gave a private concert in our apartment in 1998 (long story how that happened and not for a publicly available blog).

Enjoy!

Let's go to the videotape.



Here's what the words mean (the Spanish came along as a bonus):

Shiru Lamelech
(And now the children will sing the King...)
("Y ahora los hijos le cantan al Rey"...)

Ve'ata banim shiru shiru
(And now the children sing, sing...)
(Y ahora los hijos cantan, cantan...)

Ve'ata banim shiru La'Melech
(And now the children will sing the King...)
(Y ahora los hijos le cantan al Rey...)

Ve'ata banim shiru shiru shiru La'Melech
(And now the children will sing, sing To HaShem, The King)
(Y ahora los hijos le cantan, le cantan a HaShem, el Rey)

Betiferet mefoar
(with magnificent glory)
(con magnífica gloria)

Ve'ashrei avadav oy avadav
(And blissful are those servants of him, who praise him aloud)
(Y feliz son los hijos de él, que lo alaban en voz alta)

Hamashmi'im bekol shivcha
(Anyone who proclaims with Voice, a voice of praise)
(Quíen proclama con Voz, con voz de alabanza)

Ve'ata banim shiru shiru shiru La'Melech
(And now the children will sing, sing To HaShem, The King)
(Y ahora los hijos le cantan, le cantan a HaShem, el Rey)

Shiru shiru La'Melech
(Sing, sing to the King...)
(Cantan, cantan al Rey...)

It was filmed on the roof of an apartment in the Jewish quarter of the Old City - I am fairly sure I know which apartment it was.

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 1:37 AM