English Lyrics

Yesh li, eretz tropit yafa
She Ha shemesh l'hitfa
Yesh li yam, ve olam kol rega

be'chol Shana Yesh Carnaval
Yesh guitara dai tova
v'ahava she lo shemata Thereza

ulai b'etsem
ani bachlal rak helech misken
aval etsli b'bayit
ani ha boss ani ha chok ani ha melech, ken ken
v'ha chultsa sheli
hi degel, v'ahava v'carnival v'kadur regel

Translation

Translation: Dorit Rosman and Michael Sherman
(from <a
href=http://stat.tamu.edu/~sherman/KEOS/lyrics/
eretzyafa.htm
l>http://stat.tamu.e
du/~sherman/KEOS/lyrics/eretzyafa.html</a>
I live in a beautiful tropical land
the sun caresses your face
and a sea as far as you can see

Every year there's a carnival
I've a great guitar
and a love called Theresa

Although I am just a poor wanderer
in my own house I'm the boss, the law, the king
and my shirt is a flag, love, carnival, and soccer

(original is Pais Tropical in Portuguesse by Jorge Ben)