Balalaika by Ilanit
English Translation:
Balalayka
In the middle of the night I heard a voice,
it was my brother’s voice on the rivers of Babylon
a mute prayer, not consoled
to the Land of Israel.
From the silence his voice went up
there wasn’t a storm in it, nor fire
just a ‘balalayka’ in the silence of the night
and the voice of a man whispering:
Balalayka, balalayka,
oh, sing to me “if I forget thee Jerusalem”,
Balalayka, balalayka,
my song will yet be heard in the Land of Israel
Balalayka, balalayka,
my song will yet be heard in the Land of Israel
In the middle of the night I whispered to him:
I heard your prayer from the weeping,
I hear, I know
my brother you are, my brother.
Balalayka, balalayka,
oh, sing to me “if I forget thee Jerusalem”,
Balalayka, balalayka,
my song will yet be heard in the Land of Israel
Balalayka, balalayka,
my song will yet be heard in the Land of Israel
In the middle of the night he is still playing,
but in the morning his voice will go silent,
I will then take it and carry it
to the whole wide world.
Balalaikah, balalaikah.
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