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Rakefet melody
(Non-Ofarim-Yiddish
original) (French
version) (English
version)
(lyrics: Levin Kipnis,
music: folklore)
(Esther Ofarim
first recorded it in Israel,
1962 and then in Switzerland,
1962)
watch video of
Esther singing Rakefet, live in Holland, 1963 here:
Mitachat lasela tzomachat lefele
Rakefet nechmedet me'od
Veshemesh mazheret nosheket oteret
Oteret la keter varod
lalala...
Rakefet rakefet tzipor metzaftzefet
Hatzitzi ach rega elai
Rakefet nehederet basela nisteret
Nisteret minefesh kol chai
lalala...
Yatz'a im haruakh bat-sheva lasuach
Haya az haboker bahir
Kol Tzemach kol perach osefet baderech
Ufiah ach zemer vashir
lalala...
Misela vageva yoredet Bat sheva
Rakefet chen al hechaze
Tzipor metzaftzefet veruach lotefet
Vesof kvar lazemer haze
lalala...
