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Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Hine mah tov u mah naim Shevet achim gam yachad Hine mah tov u mah naim Shevet achim gam yachad Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Hine mah tov Shevet achim gam yachad Hine mah tov Shevet achim gam yachad Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Shevet achim gam yachad
Translated lyrics
See, how good and pleasant it is When brothers dwell together in peace Lai means hapiness
Notes
I first learned this song while living on a kibbutz in Israel. Although it is based on Psalm 121, it was often sung by the pioneers of the kibbutz movement, many of whom made aliyah at the close of the 19th century.
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