this song can be fun to dance to
from Israel
A Ba Ni Bi - Izhar Cohen
‘A-ba-ni-bi ‘o-bo-e-bev
‘A-ba-ni-bi ‘o-bo-e-bev ‘o-bo-ta-bakh
‘A-ba-ni-bi ‘o-bo-e-bev
‘A-ba-ni-bi ‘o-bo-e-bev ‘o-bo-ta-bakh
‘A-ba-ni-bi ‘o-bo-e-bev
‘O-bo-e-bev ‘o-bo-ta-bakh
Keshe-hayinu yeladim
‘Ahavnu be-sodey sodot
‘El mi hayinu nekhmadim
Rak le-dodim u-le-dodot
Ve-ha-banot ha-miskenot savlu
Ha-metukot, hen rak makot kiblu
Ve-’et ma she-hirgashnu be’emet
Lakhashnu rak bi-sfat ha-Bet
‘A-ba-ni-bi ‘o-bo-e-bev
‘A-ba-ni-bi ‘o-bo-e-bev ‘o-bo-ta-bakh
‘A-ba-ni-bi ‘o-bo-e-bev
‘A-ba-ni-bi ‘o-bo-e-bev ‘o-bo-ta-bakh
‘Ahava hi mila yafa
Hi tfila yafa, hi safa
‘Ahava hi ‘elay tova
Hi tamid titgaber u-bi-sfat
‘Ahava nedaber
‘A-ba-ni-bi ‘o-bo-e-bev
‘A-ba-ni-bi ‘o-bo-e-bev ‘o-bo-ta-bakh
‘A-ba-ni-bi ‘o-bo-e-bev
‘A-ba-ni-bi ‘o-bo-e-bev ‘o-bo-ta-bakh
‘Ani kholem ve-kam shalosh milim
U-mahu ha-’olam - shalosh milim
Ve-ze ma she-’ani margish ka’et
Mamash kmo ‘az, bi-sfat ha-Bet
‘A-ba-ni-bi ‘o-bo-e-bev etc.
Oh when I was a little child
my days were happy
free and wild
but when in love I couldn't say
the words I wanna say today.
Those words were always spinning in my head
I used to whisper them at night in bed
and when alone I didn't try to hide
those magic words I kept inside.
A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev
...
Love is kind
love is all around
it's a lovely sound
lost and found
love is free
love's been good to me
I'm in love
I'll survive 'cause the language
of love is alive.
A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev
...
I wanna say the words of yesterday
I wanna love you in the same old way
the words of love are coming close to shore
so let me say them more and more.
A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev