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[Refrain:] Abanibi obohebev Abanibi obohebev obotabach Keshehayinu yeladim, ahavnu b'sodei sodot El mi hayinu nehmadim? Rak l'dodim v'ledodot Vehabanot hamiskenot savlu Hametukot hen rak makot kiblu Ve'et mah shehirgashnu be'emet Lahashnu rak b'sfat habet [Refrain] Ahavah hi milah yaffa Hi t'filah yaffah, hi safah Ahavah, hi elai tovah Hi tamid titgaber - ub'sfat ahavah nedaber Ani holem vekam shalosh milim Umahu haolam - shalosh milim Vezeh mah she'ani margish ka'et Mamash k'mo az - bisfat habet
Translated lyrics
When we were kids we loved secretly Who were we cute to? Only to uncles and aunts. And the poor girls suffered Those sweet ones only got hurt And what we really felt We whispered only in "B-speak"! Love is a beautiful word, a beautiful prayer, a language Love is good to me - it conquers all And so we'll speak in the language of love I dream and three words appear And what is the world but three words? And that is what I feel right now Just like then - in "B-speak".
Notes
(from a site on Israeli Eurovision songs) Izhar Cohen and his great song "Abanibi" gave Israel the taste of victory in the Eurovision for the first time. "Abanibi" beat all the other songs in France 1978 and gave Israel the first victory. The chorus of the song uses a special and secret language kids use ("B-speak") when they don't want the grown ups to understand what they are saying. "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" means "Ani", the hebrew word for "I" and the rest of the chorus is, of course, "Love You". You can find the full real audio clip of this song here
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