Robin Bengtsson - I Can't Go On (2017)
ICE#2, LTU#2, SWE#3, FIN#12, POL#19, BEL#23, NL#23, ESP#27, HUN#40, UK#62, CH#83, FR#132
Showing posts with label Eurovision. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eurovision. Show all posts
Robin Bengtsson - I Can't Go On (2017)
Robin Bengtsson - I Can't Go On (2017)
ICE#2, LTU#2, SWE#3, FIN#12, POL#19, BEL#23, NL#23, ESP#27, HUN#40, UK#62, CH#83, FR#132
Baccara - Yes Sir, I Can Boogie (1977)
Baccara - Yes Sir, I Can Boogie (1977)
DE#1, UK#1, IRL#1, SWE#1, AT#2, NZ#33
Elena Paparizou - Treli Kardia (2004)
Soundtrack to my morning. Despite the Greek name and Eurovision participation for the country, Elena Paparizou was actually born in Stockholm, Sweden. This one is post-ESC, anno 2004... Treli Kardia - Crazy Heart. or something like that... love the track
Elena Paparizou - Treli Kardia (2004)
Lyrics:
Με ένα σου χάδι που κυλάει στο κορμί μου και την ανάσα σου ακούω αναστενάζω
Νιώθω την καρδιά μου να χτυπά δυνατά μες τη φωτιά
μάτια ερωτευμένα που ζητούν το καυτό φιλί στο στόμα
Τρελή καρδιά που δεν μπορεί σε αμαρτίες να αντισταθεί | 2x
και ψάχνεται μες στον Βοριά και στα δίχτυα του έρωτα | 2x
Με ένα παιχνίδι σου ζητώ τελείωσε με Μεσ' το σκοτάδι ψάχνω να βρω, κυνηγώ
Μες τη φαντασία δυο κορμιά αγκαλιά με φώτα σβηστά
Νιώσε την ανάγκη να ζητάς να μεθάς πάνω στο κορμί μου
Τρελή καρδιά που δεν μπορεί σε αμαρτίες να αντισταθεί | 2x
και ψάχνεται μες στον Βοριά και στα δίχτυα του έρωτα | 2x
I search to find a hunter
Με ένα παιχνίδι σου ζητώ τελείωσέ με Μεσ' το σκοτάδι ψάχνω να βρω, κυνηγώΤρελή καρδιά που δεν μπορεί σε αμαρτίες να αντισταθεί | 4x
και ψάχνεται μες στον Βοριά και στα δίχτυα του έρωτα | 4x
Τρελή καρδιά...
English translation:
With one your stroke that rows
on my body
and I hear your breath
I sigh
I feel my heart
to beat strongly
into the fire
eyes in love that are asking
the burning kiss to mouth
Crazy heart that cannot
resist to sins
and searches it self into the north-wind
and in love's web
With one game i ask you
finish me
into the dark
I search to find a hunter
Into the fantasy
two bodies huged
with turned off lights
feel the need
to ask, to get drunk
over my body
Crazy heart that cannot
resist to sins
and searches it self into the north-wind
and in love's web
With one game i ask you
finish me
into the dark
I search to find a hunter
Crazy heart that cannot
resist to sins
and searches it self into the north-wind
and in love's web
Elena Paparizou - Treli Kardia (2004)
Lyrics:
Με ένα σου χάδι που κυλάει στο κορμί μου και την ανάσα σου ακούω αναστενάζω
Νιώθω την καρδιά μου να χτυπά δυνατά μες τη φωτιά
μάτια ερωτευμένα που ζητούν το καυτό φιλί στο στόμα
Τρελή καρδιά που δεν μπορεί σε αμαρτίες να αντισταθεί | 2x
και ψάχνεται μες στον Βοριά και στα δίχτυα του έρωτα | 2x
Με ένα παιχνίδι σου ζητώ τελείωσε με Μεσ' το σκοτάδι ψάχνω να βρω, κυνηγώ
Μες τη φαντασία δυο κορμιά αγκαλιά με φώτα σβηστά
Νιώσε την ανάγκη να ζητάς να μεθάς πάνω στο κορμί μου
Τρελή καρδιά που δεν μπορεί σε αμαρτίες να αντισταθεί | 2x
και ψάχνεται μες στον Βοριά και στα δίχτυα του έρωτα | 2x
I search to find a hunter
Με ένα παιχνίδι σου ζητώ τελείωσέ με Μεσ' το σκοτάδι ψάχνω να βρω, κυνηγώΤρελή καρδιά που δεν μπορεί σε αμαρτίες να αντισταθεί | 4x
και ψάχνεται μες στον Βοριά και στα δίχτυα του έρωτα | 4x
Τρελή καρδιά...
English translation:
With one your stroke that rows
on my body
and I hear your breath
I sigh
I feel my heart
to beat strongly
into the fire
eyes in love that are asking
the burning kiss to mouth
Crazy heart that cannot
resist to sins
and searches it self into the north-wind
and in love's web
With one game i ask you
finish me
into the dark
I search to find a hunter
Into the fantasy
two bodies huged
with turned off lights
feel the need
to ask, to get drunk
over my body
Crazy heart that cannot
resist to sins
and searches it self into the north-wind
and in love's web
With one game i ask you
finish me
into the dark
I search to find a hunter
Crazy heart that cannot
resist to sins
and searches it self into the north-wind
and in love's web
Dana International (דנה אינטרנשיונל)
Though born a boy, Dana came out as transsexual at the age of 13. She wanted to become a singer ever since she was eight years old and saw legendary Israeli singer Ofra Haza performing her song 'Chai' in the 1983 Eurovision Song Contest. Although the family was quite poor, her mother worked to pay for her music lessons, and she has explained that her childhood was rather happy. The stage name she adopted, Dana, is the female version of Daniel, the name of her best friend Daniel, who died in a car accident and who had prophesied that she would someday have a successful singing career.
In 1993, Dana flew to London for her sex reassignment surgery and legally changed her name to Sharon. Returning home she released her first album in Israel, where it reached Gold, and soon after, the album was also released in several other countries including Greece, Jordan and Egypt. In 1994 Dana released her second, Trance-influenced album Umpatampa, which built on the success of her debut and provided further hit singles. The album went platinum in Israel and has sold more than 50,000 copies to date. Because of her popularity and the success of this album, she won the award for Best Female Artist of the Year in Israel.
Dana may have failed to qualify for the final representing Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Germany, but then again she did win the entire thing already in 1998 with 172 points, when the contest was held in Birmingham, UK with 'Diva'. It is Dana's achievement that she took her success from back then and managed to change Israel's ultra-orthodox Jewish culture to a much more liberal one. Interviewed by CNN, BBC, Sky News and MTV among others mostly focusing on her life as a transsexual person before winning the contest, Dana's words were: 'My victory proves God is on my side. I want to send my critics (i.e.the Ultra-Orthodox Jews whom tried to void her 1998 performance) message of forgiveness and say to them: try to accept me and the kind of life I lead. I am what I am and this does not mean I don't believe in God, and I am part of the Jewish Nation'. Dana released 'Diva' as a single in Europe, reaching the Top 10 in many countries. Dana was about to sign with major Sony/BMG for an international recording contract, but something went wrong in negotiations. These were disagreements that led to Sony canceling the deal before it was completed. In 2003, she released a house version of Cinque Milla, and four years later, achieved regional success with Love Boy.
Dana International - Diva (1998)
ES#1, BE#2, BE#3, FIN#7, NL#8, IRL#10, UK#11, NOR#12, CH#15, AT#37, DE#47, FR#59
Lyrics:
She is all
you'll ever dream to find
On her stage
she sings her story
Pain and hurt
will steal her heart alight
Like a queen
in all her glory
And when she cries
Diva is an angel
When she laughs
she's a devil
She is all beauty and love
Viva Maria
Viva Victoria
Aphrodite
Viva le Diva
Viva Victoria
Cleopatra
Silent tears
drop from these eyes tonight
Tears of prayer
for all those aching hearts
And when she cries
Diva is an angel
When she laughs
she's a devil
She is all beauty and love
Viva Maria
Viva Victoria
Aphrodite
Viva le Diva
Viva Victoria
Cleopatra
Dana International - Cinque Milla (2003)
Lyrics:
This Is My House
Listen To The Rhythm To The Rhythm
Alora Nachieliela bella bella
Alora Rola Alora Rola
Do you have a reservation?
I have a party in my house
I serve: bananas, bananas, bananas, bananas
Potatoes and some cock
Alora Rola Alora Rola
Alora Rola Alora Rola
Cinque milla Cinque milla
Maraquita chiquitita Maraquita chiquitita
Listen to the rhythm Listen to the rhythm
Rhythm rhythm rhythm
This is my house
Cinque milla cinque cento
Cinque milla cinque cento
Dana International - Love Boy (2007)
Lyrics:
Kubiot b'etzei shoko,
Omer tzafat aval hu dei moroko
Kol ha-yom b'cheder kosher
Az lo tzarich livdok lo et ha-yosher
Hu lo mishtamesh b'milim
Hu m'daber im ha-yadayim
Soref im ha-enayim
K'she-hu omer mitchilim
Ha-lev sheli roked b'ma'galim
V'hu yashen b'mitati
V'hu ochel m'tzalachti
Yesh li trick kavu'a
P'amayim b'shavua
Yesh li love boy
Hu lo ragish v'lo romanti
Lo m'shaneh im hu b'ad o anti
Hu lo tzarich harbeh lada'at
Hu doctor shel k'vod b'eikh laga'at
Ani lo tz'richa l'harshim
O lih'yot m'sha'asha'at
Ki ani yoda'at
Kshe-hu yagid mitchilim
Ha-lev sheli yirkod b'ma'galim
English Translation:
Six-pack in a chocolate colour
He says France but more likely Morocco
All day in the gym
Then it's not necessary to check his honesty
He's not proficient in words
He speaks with his hands
He's burning with his eyes
When he says, "let's go"
My heart dances in circles
And he sleeps in my bed
And he eats from my plate
I have a permanent trick
Twice a week
I have a love boy
He's not sensitive and not romantic
It doesn't make a difference if he's in favour or against
He doesn't need to know a lot
He's a doctor of honor in how to touch
I don't need to impress
Or be entertaining
Because I know
When he will tell me 'let's go'
My heart will dance in circles
Madcon - Glow (Eurovision Final 2010)
Madcon staged one of the most memorable interval acts of Eurovision. Liking the song anyway, they arranged the world's biggest 'Flashmob', a spine-tingling experience. Enjoy.
Madcon - Glow (Eurovision Final 2010)
NOR#1, DE#4, FIN#6, SVK#8, IRL#12, AT#14, DK#16, SWE#17, BE#20, ES#34, CH#38, CZK#41, NL#59, UK#70
Lyrics:
Elevate
My heart beats to your song
A melody sent from God
I can't breath when you're gone
Yes I'm deeply in love (Be my valentine)
Every single day of my life (I'm gonna sacrifice)
Night and day, day and night
Today's the day (Tonight's the night)
I know you feelin' my sound (Imma make you clap)
'Cause today's the day (Tonight's the night)
Imma lay it down (Imma lay it down)
Imma get up so I can't get down (Imma, Imma)
And anywhere I go thunder sound (Imma)
I'm the lord of the underground (Imma, Imma)
Part of the jungle (Imma, Imma)
(Let's)
Glow
I can't wait, I can't wait to see ya (Hands High, Hands High)
Glow
round the world, round the world my people
Glow, Glow
I can't wait, I can't wait to see ya (Hands High, Hands High)
Glow round the world, Glow, round the world my people
Glow
I can't wait, I can't wait to see ya (Hands High, Hands High)
Glow
Round the world, round the world my people
Glow, Glow
I can't wait, I can't wait to see ya (Hands High,Hands High)
Glow round the world, Glow, round the world - Glow
Let us share this moment
Let's enjoy this night
Get the world connected
Those who are loved are kind
See we try to reach ya
Get the world to see
Know we all feel different
You are just like me
Today's the day (Tonight's the night)
I'm know you feelin' my sound (Imma make you clap)
'Cause today's the day (Tonight's the night)
Imma lay it down (Imma lay it down)
Imma get up so I can't get down (Imma, Imma)
And anywhere I go thunder sound (Imma)
I'm the lord of the underground (Imma, Imma)
Part of the jungle (Imma, Imma)
Glow
I can't wait, I can't wait to see ya (Hands High, Hands High)
Glow
Round the world, round the world my people
Glow, Glow
I can't wait, I can't wait to see ya (Hands High, Hands High)
Glow round the world, Glow, round the world my people
Glow
Glow
Elena Paparizou - Treli Kardia (2004)
Soundtrack to my morning. Despite the Greek name and Eurovision participation for the country, Elena Paparizou was actually born in Stockholm, Sweden. This one is post-ESC, anno 2004... Treli Kardia - Crazy Heart. or something like that... love the track
Elena Paparizou - Treli Kardia (2004)
Lyrics:
Με ένα σου χάδι που κυλάει στο κορμί μου και την ανάσα σου ακούω αναστενάζω
Νιώθω την καρδιά μου να χτυπά δυνατά μες τη φωτιά
μάτια ερωτευμένα που ζητούν το καυτό φιλί στο στόμα
Τρελή καρδιά που δεν μπορεί σε αμαρτίες να αντισταθεί | 2x
και ψάχνεται μες στον Βοριά και στα δίχτυα του έρωτα | 2x
Με ένα παιχνίδι σου ζητώ τελείωσε με Μεσ' το σκοτάδι ψάχνω να βρω, κυνηγώ
Μες τη φαντασία δυο κορμιά αγκαλιά με φώτα σβηστά
Νιώσε την ανάγκη να ζητάς να μεθάς πάνω στο κορμί μου
Τρελή καρδιά που δεν μπορεί σε αμαρτίες να αντισταθεί | 2x
και ψάχνεται μες στον Βοριά και στα δίχτυα του έρωτα | 2x
Με ένα παιχνίδι σου ζητώ τελείωσέ με Μεσ' το σκοτάδι ψάχνω να βρω, κυνηγώΤρελή καρδιά που δεν μπορεί σε αμαρτίες να αντισταθεί | 4x
και ψάχνεται μες στον Βοριά και στα δίχτυα του έρωτα | 4x
Τρελή καρδιά...
English translation:
With one your stroke that rows
on my body
and I hear your breath
I sigh
I feel my heart
to beat strongly
into the fire
eyes in love that are asking
the burning kiss to mouth
Crazy heart that cannot
resist to sins
and searches it self into the north-wind
and in love's web
With one game i ask you
finish me
into the dark
I search to find a hunter
Into the fantasy
two bodies huged
with turned off lights
feel the need
to ask, to get drunk
over my body
Crazy heart that cannot
resist to sins
and searches it self into the north-wind
and in love's web
With one game i ask you
finish me
into the dark
I search to find a hunter
Crazy heart that cannot
resist to sins
and searches it self into the north-wind
and in love's web
Elena Paparizou - Treli Kardia (2004)
Lyrics:
Με ένα σου χάδι που κυλάει στο κορμί μου και την ανάσα σου ακούω αναστενάζω
Νιώθω την καρδιά μου να χτυπά δυνατά μες τη φωτιά
μάτια ερωτευμένα που ζητούν το καυτό φιλί στο στόμα
Τρελή καρδιά που δεν μπορεί σε αμαρτίες να αντισταθεί | 2x
και ψάχνεται μες στον Βοριά και στα δίχτυα του έρωτα | 2x
Με ένα παιχνίδι σου ζητώ τελείωσε με Μεσ' το σκοτάδι ψάχνω να βρω, κυνηγώ
Μες τη φαντασία δυο κορμιά αγκαλιά με φώτα σβηστά
Νιώσε την ανάγκη να ζητάς να μεθάς πάνω στο κορμί μου
Τρελή καρδιά που δεν μπορεί σε αμαρτίες να αντισταθεί | 2x
και ψάχνεται μες στον Βοριά και στα δίχτυα του έρωτα | 2x
Με ένα παιχνίδι σου ζητώ τελείωσέ με Μεσ' το σκοτάδι ψάχνω να βρω, κυνηγώΤρελή καρδιά που δεν μπορεί σε αμαρτίες να αντισταθεί | 4x
και ψάχνεται μες στον Βοριά και στα δίχτυα του έρωτα | 4x
Τρελή καρδιά...
English translation:
With one your stroke that rows
on my body
and I hear your breath
I sigh
I feel my heart
to beat strongly
into the fire
eyes in love that are asking
the burning kiss to mouth
Crazy heart that cannot
resist to sins
and searches it self into the north-wind
and in love's web
With one game i ask you
finish me
into the dark
I search to find a hunter
Into the fantasy
two bodies huged
with turned off lights
feel the need
to ask, to get drunk
over my body
Crazy heart that cannot
resist to sins
and searches it self into the north-wind
and in love's web
With one game i ask you
finish me
into the dark
I search to find a hunter
Crazy heart that cannot
resist to sins
and searches it self into the north-wind
and in love's web
Ofra Haza - Im Nin'Alu (1988)
Don't you worry, I won't suddenly get all religious on you, but there is a track that is really quite beautiful. You may remember it from 1988 when Ofra Haza took Europe by storm with it - it stayed 9 weeks at DE#1 in the summer that year...
But it dates back much further than this: 'Im Nin'alu' (אם ננעלו) is a Hebrew poem by Shalom Shabazi (שלום שבזי) and was written in the 17th century, when he was a well-respected Rabbi in what is now the state of Yemen.
The poem starts 'Im nin'alu daltei n'divim - daltei marom lo nin'alu. El Chaiiiiiii....' (If the doors of the wealthy are locked, the doors of Heaven will never be locked. The living God.)
Ofra Haza first sang this song with the Shechunat Hatikva Workshop Theatre, appearing on IBA's General Television in 1978. The remixed version of the song, produced by Izhar Ashdot, is the one that hit the charts ten years later. The single sold some three million copies worldwide, making it one of the first World Music recordings to cross over to mainstream Pop. Even though Ofra's version of the song shows her own interpretation, and its presentation was modern and popular, it still fits in with the Yemenite tradition that she represented.
The original version was included on the 1984 album Yemenite Songs, also known as Fifty Gates of Wisdom. The remixed version was part of her international debut Shaday.
In 1997 she re-recorded the track for her album Ofra Haza, produced by Frank Peterson of Enigma and Gregorian.
Since then, the track has been covered - and most of all sampled - endless times: Rap duo Eric B. & Rakim used it in their single 'Paid In Full', Snoop Dogg used the same sample on his remake of 'Paid In Full' titled 'Paper'd Up'. Canadian band Delerium sampled the lyrics in their song 'Hidden Mask' from their 1989 album Faces, Forms & Illusions.
American Rap group Public Enemy also sampled the opening few seconds of the song (which are a cappella) on the track 'Can't Truss It', featured on the 1991 album Apocalypse '91...The Enemy Strikes Black. The song features very briefly as background music in a restaurant at the beginning of the 2000 film American Psycho. In 1998 Swedish DJ team C&N Project included a sample of the opening line Im nin'alu on their single 'The Queen of Tel Aviv', which was credited to C&N Project Feat. Ofra Haza. Israeli singer Michal Cohen performs 'Im Nin'alu' on La Kahena (2005) by DJ Cheb i Sabbah. Part of the song appears in Madonna's song "Isaac" from her 2005 album Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005). Im Nin'alu is the opening track on Eliyahu & The Qadim Ensemble's album Eastern Wind (2009) with vocals by Rachel Valfer.
And - in 2009 Panjabi MC remixed this song on his album named Indian Timing.
Ofra Haza was born the youngest of nine children in the poor Tel Aviv neighborhood of Hatikvah. Inspired by a love of her Yemeni Jewish culture, the appeal of her musical art quickly spread to a wider Middle Eastern audience, somehow bridging the divide between Israel and the Arab countries. As her career progressed, the multi-lingual Haza was able to switch between traditional and more commercial singing styles without jeopardizing her credibility. The music, too, fused elements of Eastern and Western instrumentation, orchestration and dance-beat.
Ofra Haza died on 23 February 2000 at the age of 42, of AIDS-related pneumonia. While the fact of her HIV infection is now generally acknowledged, the decision by the major Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz to report about it shortly after her death caused controversy in Israel.
Ofra Haza - Im Nin'Alu (1988)
DE#1, CH#1, NOR#1, AT#2, SWE#2, FR#6, UK#15, US#15, IRL#16
Lyrics:
Im nin'alu daltei n'divim
Daltei marom lo nin'alu
El Chai, mareimawm al kawruvim
Kulawm b'rucho ya'alu
El Chai
Ki hem elai kis'o kawruvim
Yodu sh'mei weihal'lu
Chayet shehem rotzeh washawvim
Miyom b'ri'aw nichlawlu
El Chai
Uv'shesh kanufayim s'vivim
Awfim b'eit yitjaljelu
Im nin'alu daltei n'divim
Daltei marom lo nin'alu
El Chai, mareimawm al kawruvim
Kulawm b'rucho ya'alu
El Chai
Jaljal wa'ofen ru'ashim
Medim sh'mei u'm'gadeshim
Miziv k'veido loveshim
Uv'shesh kanufayim s'vivim
Awfim b'eit yitjaljelu
Ya'anu b'gel shirim areivim
Yachad b'etet nidjalu
Jaljal wa'ofen ru'ashim
Medim sh'mei u'm'gadeshim
Miziv k'veido loveshim
El Chai
English Translation:
If there be no mercy left in the world,
The doors of heaven will never be barred.
The Creator reigns supreme, and is higher
than the angels
All, in His spirit, will rise
By His nearness, His life-giving breath
flows through them.
And they glory in His name
From the moment of genesis,
His creations grow,
Captivating and more beautiful.
The wheel in his circle thunders
Acclaiming His Holy name
Clothed in the glory of His radiance,
The six-winged cherubs surround Him,
Whirling in His honor
And with their free wings sweetly sing,
Together, in unison
Rabbi Shalom Shabazi - Im Ninalu (Yemen, 17th Century)
אִם נִנְעֲלוּ דַּלְתֵי נְדִיבִים דַּלְתֵּי מָרוֹם לֹא נִנְעֲלוּ
אֵל חַי מְרוֹמָם עַל כְּרוּבִים כֻּלָם בְּרוּחוֹ יַעֲלוּ
כִּי הֵם אֱלֵי כִּסְאוֹ קְרוֹבִים יוֹדוּ שְׁמוֹ וִיהַלְלוּ
חַיּוֹת שְׁהֶם רָצוֹא וְשָׁבִים מִיּוֹם בְּרִיאָה נִכְלְלוּ
גַּלְגַּל וְאוֹפָן רוֹעֲשִׁים
מוֹדִים שְׁמוֹ וּמְקַדְּשִׁים
מִזִּיו כְּבוֹדוֹ לוֹבְשִׁים
וּבְשֵׁשׁ כְּנָפַיִם סְבִיבִים עָפִים בְּעֵת יִתְגַלְגְּלוּ
יַעְנוּ בְּקוֹל שִׁירִים עֲרֵבִים יַחַד בְּאוֹתוֹת נִדְגְּלוּ
לַאכּרַמְהוּ אַלכֻּלּ אוּגַּדּ סֻבּחַנְהוּ אַללַּהּ אְחַדּ
רַבּ אַלגְּלַאלִי אַלמֻמַגּדּ אַחסַאנְהוּ מִן גַיר חַדּ
אַגּסַאם וְאַרוַאחֻן תַּסַגַּדּ מַן לַם יֻכַאפֻהּ קַדּ גְּחַדּ
וַאכתַּץ מִן סַבּעַהּ אְקַאלִים אַלקֻדּס אַלאַוּצַט אַפצְ'לוּ
סַכַּן בְּהוּ אַבַּאִיְנַא
וַאעטַא גִּמִיע אַסבַּאטְנַא
וַאִלְתַּוּרִיַּהּ אַעטַא לְנַא
וַאגִּיבּ נֻוַחִדּהוּ בְּתַּעצִ'ים פַצ'לֻהּ עְלַינַא שַׁאמִלוּ
נַאדַּא אַלנְבִּי מוּסַי בְּתַּכּלִים קַאל כֻּן לִקַוּמִי מֻרסְל
שִׁמְרִי יְחִידָתִי לְדָתוֹ זַכִּי לְגוּפִי יִשְׂמְחָה
קִשְׁרִי בְּלִבִּי אַהֲבָתוֹ בִּשְׁמוֹ לְבַדּוֹ יְבַטְּחֶהָ
מֵחֵן גְּבֶרֶת רַעֲיָתוֹ אוֹר לַשְּׂרִידִים יִזְרַח
וִימַלְּאֶהָ בּוֹרוֹת נִגּוּבִים גִּשְׁמֵי בְּרָכָה יִזְּלוּ
וִיפַרְנְסֶהָ עָנִי וְרָשׁ
גּוֹלֶה וְנִרְדָּף נֶחְלַשׁ
צוּרִי לְבֶן אִישׁ תָּם דָּרַשׁ
כִּי סָבְבוּ עָלָיו כְּלָבִים מִכָּל עִבְרִים נִקְהֲלוּ
פֶּרֶא וְאַרְיֵה עִם זְאֵבִים לִבּוֹ וְנָפְשׁוּ הֻבְהֲלוּ
בַּין אַלפֻנוּן תַּשׁתַּאק נַפסִי חַית אַלעְרַאיִס וַאלשְׁרַאבּ
וִאלַּא דְכַּרתּוּ בַּיתּ קֻדּסִי וַאסוַאר צִיּוֹן אַלכְרַאבּ
אַכּסַף צִ'יַא עַקְלִי וְחִסִּי וַאלרוּח יַלחַץ אִכּתִּרַאבּ
קוּם יַא מֻחִבּ הַאת אַלמְשַׁאמִים יַחיִּי לְרוּחַ אלַגַאפִלוּ
זַין אַלכְּנַאיִס וַאלמְעַאלִים קֻדּסִי וְסֻעֲדִּי אַלמֻקבְּלוּ
פַאלקַצדּ אַעבֻּדּ כַאלִקֵי
פִי קַלבּ מוּמִן עַאשִׁקִי
יוּפִי בִּוַעדֻּן צַאדִּקִי
קַדּ כַצְּנָא פִי עִלם וְתַּעלִים לַא יַבּק אַלאִנסַאַן גַּאהִלוּ
מִן נַלְהוּ צִ'יקֻן וְתַּסקִים גַּאלַס לִשַׁכצֻן כַּאמִלוּ
זֶה הוּא מְקוֹם שָׁלוֹם וְאַחְוָה חָתָן וְכַלָּה יִשְׂמְחוּ
רִנָּה וְקוֹל שָׂשׂוֹן וְחֶדְוָה לִבְנֵי שְׁבָטִים זָרְחוּ
מִבַּת יְפֵיפִיָּה וְנָאוָה לִי כּוֹס יְשׁוּעוֹת שָׁלְחוּ
וְאֶשְׂמְחָה בֵּין הַמְּסֻבִּים מַה טּוֹב וְנָעִים נִקְהֲלוּ
צִירֵי תְּעוּדָה יָשְׁרוּ
עַל סוֹד וּמִשְׂרָה חָבְרוּ
לָאֵל וְלִי מַה יָּקְרוּ
רֵעִים אֲהוּבִים הֵם וְטוֹבִים סוֹדוֹת נְכוֹחִים מִלְּלוּ
תוֹרָה נְבִיאִים עִם כְּתוּבִים מִזֶּה אֲלֵי זֶה יִשְׁאֲלוּ
יַא נַפס תּוּבִּי פִי חְיַאתִּי מִן לַמס זַגיַאתּ אַלגֻּסוּם
מִן קַבּל מַא יַאתִּי אלמְמַאתִּי יַהבֻּט כְּמַא רִיח אַלסֻמוּם
מַן קַדּ גֻלִט פִי אַלסַּוּ יַאתִּי וַאללַּהּ גַפַארֻן רְחִים
לַא בֻּד מַא לִאדַּין תַּסלִים עִנַדּ אַלפְתַּא אַלפַצִ'לוּ
יַא מִן אלאנפס כלקהו
מִן פַיץ גּוּהַר נוּרְהוּ
וְכֻּלִהַא פִי כַּפְהוּ
כֻּלּ אַלוּגּוּדּ חַכַּם בִּתַּחכִּים וְהוּ לְכֻּלּ שַׁי פַאעִלוּ
סִינֻן אְלִף וַאלַּאם וַאלמִים מִן כַּרם גּוּדַּךּ סַאִלוּ
אֶחְתּוֹם לְשִׁירִי זֶה בְהַלֵּל וּשְׁבָח לְרָם עַל מַהֲלָל
הַשָּׂם בְּפִי אוֹמֵר לְמַלֵּל לוֹ כָל יְצוּר מוֹדִים כְּלָל
נַפְשִׁי עֲדִי רִקְמָה וּמִכְלוֹל גּוּפִי לִנְעָלְךָ שְׁלָל
בֵּין הַשְּׂרִידִים הַשְּׁלֵמִים חִזְקוּ פְּעָמַי וַעֲלוּ
בֵּין הַוְּרָדִים נִשְׁכְּנָהָ
לִי הַגְּבֶרֶת זִמְּנָה
טֶרֶף לְבֵיתָהּ נָתְנָה
פַּתְבַּג וְיֵין מִדַּם עֲנָבִים יֵינוֹ מְשֻׁמָּר צָלְלוּ
וּבְנֵי מְסִבָּה הָאֲהוּבִים חֶלְקָם בְּעֵדֶן יִנְחֲלוּ
אנא אנא ה' הושיעה נא
The poem starts 'Im nin'alu daltei n'divim - daltei marom lo nin'alu. El Chaiiiiiii....' (If the doors of the wealthy are locked, the doors of Heaven will never be locked. The living God.)
Ofra Haza first sang this song with the Shechunat Hatikva Workshop Theatre, appearing on IBA's General Television in 1978. The remixed version of the song, produced by Izhar Ashdot, is the one that hit the charts ten years later. The single sold some three million copies worldwide, making it one of the first World Music recordings to cross over to mainstream Pop. Even though Ofra's version of the song shows her own interpretation, and its presentation was modern and popular, it still fits in with the Yemenite tradition that she represented.
The original version was included on the 1984 album Yemenite Songs, also known as Fifty Gates of Wisdom. The remixed version was part of her international debut Shaday.
In 1997 she re-recorded the track for her album Ofra Haza, produced by Frank Peterson of Enigma and Gregorian.
Since then, the track has been covered - and most of all sampled - endless times: Rap duo Eric B. & Rakim used it in their single 'Paid In Full', Snoop Dogg used the same sample on his remake of 'Paid In Full' titled 'Paper'd Up'. Canadian band Delerium sampled the lyrics in their song 'Hidden Mask' from their 1989 album Faces, Forms & Illusions.
American Rap group Public Enemy also sampled the opening few seconds of the song (which are a cappella) on the track 'Can't Truss It', featured on the 1991 album Apocalypse '91...The Enemy Strikes Black. The song features very briefly as background music in a restaurant at the beginning of the 2000 film American Psycho. In 1998 Swedish DJ team C&N Project included a sample of the opening line Im nin'alu on their single 'The Queen of Tel Aviv', which was credited to C&N Project Feat. Ofra Haza. Israeli singer Michal Cohen performs 'Im Nin'alu' on La Kahena (2005) by DJ Cheb i Sabbah. Part of the song appears in Madonna's song "Isaac" from her 2005 album Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005). Im Nin'alu is the opening track on Eliyahu & The Qadim Ensemble's album Eastern Wind (2009) with vocals by Rachel Valfer.
And - in 2009 Panjabi MC remixed this song on his album named Indian Timing.
Ofra Haza was born the youngest of nine children in the poor Tel Aviv neighborhood of Hatikvah. Inspired by a love of her Yemeni Jewish culture, the appeal of her musical art quickly spread to a wider Middle Eastern audience, somehow bridging the divide between Israel and the Arab countries. As her career progressed, the multi-lingual Haza was able to switch between traditional and more commercial singing styles without jeopardizing her credibility. The music, too, fused elements of Eastern and Western instrumentation, orchestration and dance-beat.
Ofra Haza died on 23 February 2000 at the age of 42, of AIDS-related pneumonia. While the fact of her HIV infection is now generally acknowledged, the decision by the major Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz to report about it shortly after her death caused controversy in Israel.
Ofra Haza - Im Nin'Alu (1988)
DE#1, CH#1, NOR#1, AT#2, SWE#2, FR#6, UK#15, US#15, IRL#16
Lyrics:
Im nin'alu daltei n'divim
Daltei marom lo nin'alu
El Chai, mareimawm al kawruvim
Kulawm b'rucho ya'alu
El Chai
Ki hem elai kis'o kawruvim
Yodu sh'mei weihal'lu
Chayet shehem rotzeh washawvim
Miyom b'ri'aw nichlawlu
El Chai
Uv'shesh kanufayim s'vivim
Awfim b'eit yitjaljelu
Im nin'alu daltei n'divim
Daltei marom lo nin'alu
El Chai, mareimawm al kawruvim
Kulawm b'rucho ya'alu
El Chai
Jaljal wa'ofen ru'ashim
Medim sh'mei u'm'gadeshim
Miziv k'veido loveshim
Uv'shesh kanufayim s'vivim
Awfim b'eit yitjaljelu
Ya'anu b'gel shirim areivim
Yachad b'etet nidjalu
Jaljal wa'ofen ru'ashim
Medim sh'mei u'm'gadeshim
Miziv k'veido loveshim
El Chai
English Translation:
If there be no mercy left in the world,
The doors of heaven will never be barred.
The Creator reigns supreme, and is higher
than the angels
All, in His spirit, will rise
By His nearness, His life-giving breath
flows through them.
And they glory in His name
From the moment of genesis,
His creations grow,
Captivating and more beautiful.
The wheel in his circle thunders
Acclaiming His Holy name
Clothed in the glory of His radiance,
The six-winged cherubs surround Him,
Whirling in His honor
And with their free wings sweetly sing,
Together, in unison
Rabbi Shalom Shabazi - Im Ninalu (Yemen, 17th Century)
אִם נִנְעֲלוּ דַּלְתֵי נְדִיבִים דַּלְתֵּי מָרוֹם לֹא נִנְעֲלוּ
אֵל חַי מְרוֹמָם עַל כְּרוּבִים כֻּלָם בְּרוּחוֹ יַעֲלוּ
כִּי הֵם אֱלֵי כִּסְאוֹ קְרוֹבִים יוֹדוּ שְׁמוֹ וִיהַלְלוּ
חַיּוֹת שְׁהֶם רָצוֹא וְשָׁבִים מִיּוֹם בְּרִיאָה נִכְלְלוּ
גַּלְגַּל וְאוֹפָן רוֹעֲשִׁים
מוֹדִים שְׁמוֹ וּמְקַדְּשִׁים
מִזִּיו כְּבוֹדוֹ לוֹבְשִׁים
וּבְשֵׁשׁ כְּנָפַיִם סְבִיבִים עָפִים בְּעֵת יִתְגַלְגְּלוּ
יַעְנוּ בְּקוֹל שִׁירִים עֲרֵבִים יַחַד בְּאוֹתוֹת נִדְגְּלוּ
לַאכּרַמְהוּ אַלכֻּלּ אוּגַּדּ סֻבּחַנְהוּ אַללַּהּ אְחַדּ
רַבּ אַלגְּלַאלִי אַלמֻמַגּדּ אַחסַאנְהוּ מִן גַיר חַדּ
אַגּסַאם וְאַרוַאחֻן תַּסַגַּדּ מַן לַם יֻכַאפֻהּ קַדּ גְּחַדּ
וַאכתַּץ מִן סַבּעַהּ אְקַאלִים אַלקֻדּס אַלאַוּצַט אַפצְ'לוּ
סַכַּן בְּהוּ אַבַּאִיְנַא
וַאעטַא גִּמִיע אַסבַּאטְנַא
וַאִלְתַּוּרִיַּהּ אַעטַא לְנַא
וַאגִּיבּ נֻוַחִדּהוּ בְּתַּעצִ'ים פַצ'לֻהּ עְלַינַא שַׁאמִלוּ
נַאדַּא אַלנְבִּי מוּסַי בְּתַּכּלִים קַאל כֻּן לִקַוּמִי מֻרסְל
שִׁמְרִי יְחִידָתִי לְדָתוֹ זַכִּי לְגוּפִי יִשְׂמְחָה
קִשְׁרִי בְּלִבִּי אַהֲבָתוֹ בִּשְׁמוֹ לְבַדּוֹ יְבַטְּחֶהָ
מֵחֵן גְּבֶרֶת רַעֲיָתוֹ אוֹר לַשְּׂרִידִים יִזְרַח
וִימַלְּאֶהָ בּוֹרוֹת נִגּוּבִים גִּשְׁמֵי בְּרָכָה יִזְּלוּ
וִיפַרְנְסֶהָ עָנִי וְרָשׁ
גּוֹלֶה וְנִרְדָּף נֶחְלַשׁ
צוּרִי לְבֶן אִישׁ תָּם דָּרַשׁ
כִּי סָבְבוּ עָלָיו כְּלָבִים מִכָּל עִבְרִים נִקְהֲלוּ
פֶּרֶא וְאַרְיֵה עִם זְאֵבִים לִבּוֹ וְנָפְשׁוּ הֻבְהֲלוּ
בַּין אַלפֻנוּן תַּשׁתַּאק נַפסִי חַית אַלעְרַאיִס וַאלשְׁרַאבּ
וִאלַּא דְכַּרתּוּ בַּיתּ קֻדּסִי וַאסוַאר צִיּוֹן אַלכְרַאבּ
אַכּסַף צִ'יַא עַקְלִי וְחִסִּי וַאלרוּח יַלחַץ אִכּתִּרַאבּ
קוּם יַא מֻחִבּ הַאת אַלמְשַׁאמִים יַחיִּי לְרוּחַ אלַגַאפִלוּ
זַין אַלכְּנַאיִס וַאלמְעַאלִים קֻדּסִי וְסֻעֲדִּי אַלמֻקבְּלוּ
פַאלקַצדּ אַעבֻּדּ כַאלִקֵי
פִי קַלבּ מוּמִן עַאשִׁקִי
יוּפִי בִּוַעדֻּן צַאדִּקִי
קַדּ כַצְּנָא פִי עִלם וְתַּעלִים לַא יַבּק אַלאִנסַאַן גַּאהִלוּ
מִן נַלְהוּ צִ'יקֻן וְתַּסקִים גַּאלַס לִשַׁכצֻן כַּאמִלוּ
זֶה הוּא מְקוֹם שָׁלוֹם וְאַחְוָה חָתָן וְכַלָּה יִשְׂמְחוּ
רִנָּה וְקוֹל שָׂשׂוֹן וְחֶדְוָה לִבְנֵי שְׁבָטִים זָרְחוּ
מִבַּת יְפֵיפִיָּה וְנָאוָה לִי כּוֹס יְשׁוּעוֹת שָׁלְחוּ
וְאֶשְׂמְחָה בֵּין הַמְּסֻבִּים מַה טּוֹב וְנָעִים נִקְהֲלוּ
צִירֵי תְּעוּדָה יָשְׁרוּ
עַל סוֹד וּמִשְׂרָה חָבְרוּ
לָאֵל וְלִי מַה יָּקְרוּ
רֵעִים אֲהוּבִים הֵם וְטוֹבִים סוֹדוֹת נְכוֹחִים מִלְּלוּ
תוֹרָה נְבִיאִים עִם כְּתוּבִים מִזֶּה אֲלֵי זֶה יִשְׁאֲלוּ
יַא נַפס תּוּבִּי פִי חְיַאתִּי מִן לַמס זַגיַאתּ אַלגֻּסוּם
מִן קַבּל מַא יַאתִּי אלמְמַאתִּי יַהבֻּט כְּמַא רִיח אַלסֻמוּם
מַן קַדּ גֻלִט פִי אַלסַּוּ יַאתִּי וַאללַּהּ גַפַארֻן רְחִים
לַא בֻּד מַא לִאדַּין תַּסלִים עִנַדּ אַלפְתַּא אַלפַצִ'לוּ
יַא מִן אלאנפס כלקהו
מִן פַיץ גּוּהַר נוּרְהוּ
וְכֻּלִהַא פִי כַּפְהוּ
כֻּלּ אַלוּגּוּדּ חַכַּם בִּתַּחכִּים וְהוּ לְכֻּלּ שַׁי פַאעִלוּ
סִינֻן אְלִף וַאלַּאם וַאלמִים מִן כַּרם גּוּדַּךּ סַאִלוּ
אֶחְתּוֹם לְשִׁירִי זֶה בְהַלֵּל וּשְׁבָח לְרָם עַל מַהֲלָל
הַשָּׂם בְּפִי אוֹמֵר לְמַלֵּל לוֹ כָל יְצוּר מוֹדִים כְּלָל
נַפְשִׁי עֲדִי רִקְמָה וּמִכְלוֹל גּוּפִי לִנְעָלְךָ שְׁלָל
בֵּין הַשְּׂרִידִים הַשְּׁלֵמִים חִזְקוּ פְּעָמַי וַעֲלוּ
בֵּין הַוְּרָדִים נִשְׁכְּנָהָ
לִי הַגְּבֶרֶת זִמְּנָה
טֶרֶף לְבֵיתָהּ נָתְנָה
פַּתְבַּג וְיֵין מִדַּם עֲנָבִים יֵינוֹ מְשֻׁמָּר צָלְלוּ
וּבְנֵי מְסִבָּה הָאֲהוּבִים חֶלְקָם בְּעֵדֶן יִנְחֲלוּ
אנא אנא ה' הושיעה נא
Edyta (Górniak) - Impossible (2003)
Edyta Górniak is one of the most popular female singers in Polish pop music. Perhaps a bit over-optimistic, but she is being hailed as the next big international female singer. Described as Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey and Celine Dion all rolled into one, the singer has already had huge success outside Poland in countries such as Japan, Norway, Switzerland, Portugal and South Africa.
In 1994 Edyta was the first Polish artist to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994, in which she claimed a highly credible second place, which still stands as Poland's best showing in the contest. Her song was 'To nie ja' (That's Not Me), which was also released in English as 'Once In A Lifetime'. It proved to be her breakthrough in Poland, becoming there the biggest hit of the year 1994. Her first studio album The Touch released year later has moved half a million units only in Poland, bringing eponymous hit 'Dotyk'. In 1996 she signed a contract with EMI International in London for recording of five albums.
Edyta released her first English album a year later, in association with the producer Chris Neil, responsible for international success of Celine Dion. The singles 'When You Come Back To Me' and 'One & One' followed.
In 2002 she was signed to Virgin Germany. The album Invisible had international premiere. It was produced by team Absolute responsible for success of Spice Girls and containing club hit 'Impossible'.
To this day, Edyta has sold over 1 million albums in Poland alone. The readers of Maxim magazine have voted her their most beautiful international cover girl.
Edyta - Impossible (2003)
POL#35, AT#50, DE#55, CH#64
Lyrics:
Your love's impossible
You need too much to just survive
Get enough and you're gonna fly
We're in the rhythm
The groove's forgiven
There's no mistake in
My optimism
There's nothing hidden
Nothing's forbidden
The beat is driven
We got the feeling
We're operating
Don't need no healing
At least I'm breathing
I'm estimating
I'll up the rating
Loves for the taking
Baby won't you slide with me
Stay close by with me
Baby you can fly with me
It could be so good
If only you can see that
Your love's impossible
You need too much to just survive
Get enough and you're gonna fly
(Impossible, illogical, illogical, impossible)
Your love's illogical
With just one touch you run and hide
Take your chances and take a ride
(Impossible, illogical, illogical, impossible)
You got me vibing
So high we're riding
Don't stop this feeling
The Sun is shining
It's no surprising
My sign is rising
Just keep on movin'
Baby won't you slide with me
Stay close by with me
Baby you can fly with me
It could be so good
If only you can see that
Your love's impossible
You need too much to just survive
Get enough and you're gonna fly
(Impossible, illogical, illogical, impossible)
Your love's illogical
With just one touch you run and hide
Take your chances and take a ride
(Impossible, illogical, illogical, impossible)
Illogical, impossible to love
(Impossible, impossible to love)
Impossible, illogical to love
Impossible, illogical to love
Impossible, impossible, illogical to love
Impossible, illogical to love
Your love's impossible
You need too much to just survive
Get enough and you're gonna fly
(Impossible, illogical, illogical, impossible)
Your love's illogical
With just one touch you run and hide
Take your chances and take a ride
(Impossible, illogical, illogical, impossible)
(Baby won't you slide with me
Stay close by with me
Baby you can fly with me
You can fly with me)
Your love's impossible
You need too much to just survive
Get enough and you're gonna fly
(Impossible, illogical, illogical, impossible)
Your love's illogical
With just one touch you run and hide
Take your chances and take a ride
(Impossible, illogical, illogical, impossible)
Edyta released her first English album a year later, in association with the producer Chris Neil, responsible for international success of Celine Dion. The singles 'When You Come Back To Me' and 'One & One' followed.
In 2002 she was signed to Virgin Germany. The album Invisible had international premiere. It was produced by team Absolute responsible for success of Spice Girls and containing club hit 'Impossible'.
To this day, Edyta has sold over 1 million albums in Poland alone. The readers of Maxim magazine have voted her their most beautiful international cover girl.
Edyta - Impossible (2003)
POL#35, AT#50, DE#55, CH#64
Lyrics:
Your love's impossible
You need too much to just survive
Get enough and you're gonna fly
We're in the rhythm
The groove's forgiven
There's no mistake in
My optimism
There's nothing hidden
Nothing's forbidden
The beat is driven
We got the feeling
We're operating
Don't need no healing
At least I'm breathing
I'm estimating
I'll up the rating
Loves for the taking
Baby won't you slide with me
Stay close by with me
Baby you can fly with me
It could be so good
If only you can see that
Your love's impossible
You need too much to just survive
Get enough and you're gonna fly
(Impossible, illogical, illogical, impossible)
Your love's illogical
With just one touch you run and hide
Take your chances and take a ride
(Impossible, illogical, illogical, impossible)
You got me vibing
So high we're riding
Don't stop this feeling
The Sun is shining
It's no surprising
My sign is rising
Just keep on movin'
Baby won't you slide with me
Stay close by with me
Baby you can fly with me
It could be so good
If only you can see that
Your love's impossible
You need too much to just survive
Get enough and you're gonna fly
(Impossible, illogical, illogical, impossible)
Your love's illogical
With just one touch you run and hide
Take your chances and take a ride
(Impossible, illogical, illogical, impossible)
Illogical, impossible to love
(Impossible, impossible to love)
Impossible, illogical to love
Impossible, illogical to love
Impossible, impossible, illogical to love
Impossible, illogical to love
Your love's impossible
You need too much to just survive
Get enough and you're gonna fly
(Impossible, illogical, illogical, impossible)
Your love's illogical
With just one touch you run and hide
Take your chances and take a ride
(Impossible, illogical, illogical, impossible)
(Baby won't you slide with me
Stay close by with me
Baby you can fly with me
You can fly with me)
Your love's impossible
You need too much to just survive
Get enough and you're gonna fly
(Impossible, illogical, illogical, impossible)
Your love's illogical
With just one touch you run and hide
Take your chances and take a ride
(Impossible, illogical, illogical, impossible)
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