LYRIC
HORA MAMTERA- Shoshana Damari- Composed by Moshe Wilensky (1954), Lyrics by Yechiel Mohar (1953)- Lahakat HaNachal
TRANSLITERATION:
Ron kiluach batzinor
Tzinorot – orkei-hanegev
Zeh darko shel hamizmor
Min haberez el haregev
Ya’alu meimei-t’hom
Masheva omeret lechem!
Negev, negev, ma miyom?
Negev, mamterot alecha!
CHORUS:
Sovi, sovi, mamtera, hey!
Sovi, sovi, mamtera
Lefazer pninei ora
Sovi vehartizi mayim
Etz yaria basdera
Adama titen pirya
Bein geshem mishamayim,
Geshem mishamayim.
Hamerchav kulo natzod
Tzinorot parsu hareshet
Vehineh siman vaot:
Betipin nireit hakeshet
Brit haperach vehanir
Brit hasheket vehazemer
Mamtera, shirech hu shir
Ranenihu, ad ein-gemer.
CHORUS:
Sovi, sovi, mamtera, hey!
Sovi, sovi, mamtera
Lefazer pninei ora
Sovi vehartizi mayim
Etz yaria basdera
Adama titen pirya
Bein geshem mishamayim,
Geshem mishamayim.