Kol HaKavod
Dov Zeltzer
Dan Almagor
Hebrew Lyrics
BaKasbah bachazti hayom keshehashuk patuach
Haiti kakha stam holeka vehachaze matuach
Kulam omrim eize canon over basimtaot
Osim shalom mikol chalon kol hakavod
Kulam hayu yodim az tov meod
Lemi lemi yesh yoter kavod
Kulam hayu yodim az tov meod
Lemi lemi tamid lemi yesh yoter kavod
Ukhshehakrav haya boer vehakita lo zaza
Hamefaked haya omer ata rishon ya kasa
Kulam yadu shekasablan rishon tamid litzod
Umeachor hem tzaaku kol hakavod
Kulam hayu yodim az tov meod
Lemi lemi yesh yoter kavod
Kulam hayu yodim az tov meod
Lemi lemi tamid lemi yesh yoter kavod
Echad holekh im bachura beyaffo bein arbaim
Im rak ertze etzli tihye yashar bein hayadaim
Akh lo afria labachur shelo yatchil lirod
Ki ze etzli pashut prentzip
Li yesh kavod
Kulam hayu yodim az tov meod
Lemi lemi yesh yoter kavod
Kulam hayu yodim az tov meod
Lemi lemi tamid lemi yesh yoter kavod
Im ba shikor leeize bar ani oto margia
Hu af etzli min hashaon yashar le-gebelia
Aval achar kakh hu chozer, hu bakatan meod
Merim kosit veod omer kol hakavod
Kulam hayu yodim az tov meod
Lemi lemi yesh yoter kavod
Kulam hayu yodim az tov meod
Lemi lemi tamid lemi yesh yoter kavod
Translation
In the Kasbah, in the middle of the day, when the market is
open
I used to walk, just like that, stretched-chest
Everyone says what a Canon passes by the alley
Waving Hi from every window, Way to go!
Everyone used to know back then very well
Who has more respect
Everyone used to know back then very well
Who always has more respect
And when the battle was all fiery and the section would not
move
The commander used to say, You are first, Kasa!
Everyone knew that Kasablan is always first to march
And behind him they all screamed, Way to go!
Everyone used to know back then very well
Who has more respect
Everyone used to know back then very well
Who always has more respect
One walks with a girl in Yaffo during twilight
If I only want, she would be right in my hands
But I will not interrupt the guy, so he will not start
shaking
Because for me it is a matter of principle
I have dignity!
Everyone used to know back then very well
Who has more respect
Everyone used to know back then very well
Who always has more respect
If a drunken comes to some bar, I pacify him
I would kick him out from the Watch (-Tower Square)
directly to Gebeliah
But then he comes back
And then he is very small
He makes a toast, and even says, Way to go!
Everyone used to know back then very well
Who has more respect
Everyone used to know back then very well
Who always has more respect
It's a song from the musical movie "Kazablan", a hit in Israel at the 70's. The Moroccan imigrants are called "Kazablan" or "Kaza", and at that time most were of a low social level. The singer Yehoram Gaon plays a Moroccan imigrant that falls in love by a girl of higher social level. As he is a naughty boy, her father doesn't accept the courtship and says that this guy doesn't deserve any respect. Kaza defends himself with the song Kol Hakavod - all respect. Dan Almagor explains more about "Kasablan," the character and the musica
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Added May 5th, 2003