Ihye Tov

David Broza

Yehonatan Gefen

Hebrew Lyrics

Ani mabit mehakhalon ve ze ose li dey atzuv
Ha'aviv khalaf, avar, u mi yodea im yashuv
Ha'leytzan haya lemelekh hanavi nihihah leytzan
Veshakhakhti et haderekh, aval ani od kan

Veyihiye tov, yihiye tov, ken
Lifamim ani nishbar
Az halayla oh... halayla
Itakh ani nishar

Yeladim lovshim knafaim veafim el hatzava
Veakharey shnataim hem khozrim lelo tshuva
Anashim khayim bemetakh mekhapsim siba linshom
U'veyn sina leretzakh medabrim al hashalom

Veyihiye tov yihiye tov, ken
Lifamim ani nishbar
Az halayla oh... halayla
Itakh ani nishar

Ken sham lemala bashamayim ananim lomdim la'oof
Va'ani mabit lemala veroeh matos khatuf
Memshala shel generalim mekhaleket et hanof,
"V'shelahem veleshelanu"--matai nireh et hasof?

Od nilmad likhyot beyakhad beyn khurshot atzei zeytim
Yeladim yikhiyu bli pakhad, bli gvulot, bli miklatim
Al kvarim yifrakh ha'esev leshalom vehahava
Mea shanim shel kherev veod lo avda hatikva

Veyihiye tov yihiye tov ken
Lifamim ani nishbar
Az halayla oh... halayla
Itakh ani nishar

Veihye tov ihye tov ken
Lifamim ani nishbar
Az halayla ho... halayla
Itakh ani nishar

Ani mabit mehakhalon,
Oolai magia, ken magia,
Yom khadash

Translation

I look out of the window and it makes me very sad
spring has left and who knows when it will return.
The clown has become king and the prophet has become a
clown
And I have forgotten the way, but I am still here

Chorus:
And all will be good, yes all will be good,
Though I sometimes break down.
But this night...oh, this night,
I will stay with you.

Children wear wings and fly off to the army (Tzahal)
and after two years they return without an answer.
People live under stress looking for a reason to breathe
and between the hatred and murder, they talk about peace.

::Chorus::

Yes, up there in the sky, clouds are learning how to fly,
and I look up and see a hijacked airplane.
A government of generals divide the land,
"That's theirs and that's ours,"--when will we see the end?

(Newish Bridge)

We will learn to live together between the groves of olive
trees,
Children will live without fear, without borders, without
bomb-shelters,
On the graves grass will grow, for Peace and Love,
One Hundred years of war but we have not lost hope.

Chorus: X2

I look out of my window and
maybe, yes maybe, there will come
a new day...

Title should be transliterated "Yihiyeh Tov" or "Y'hiyeh Tov" THIS SONG IS NOW LINKED ON THE HEBREW SONGS DOT COM WEBSITE, WITH THANKS TO ZEMERL.http://www.hebrewsongs.com .

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Added November 25th, 1999