The Society of Folk Dance Historians (SFDH)

The Society of Folk Dance Historians (SFDH)

Todah

BACKGROUND

Information: A song.

Translation: Thanks

Pronunciation: TOH-dah

Region: Israel

Words and music by Haim Moshe, orthodox Yemenite singer

LYRICS

Todah al kol ma shebarata.
Todah al ma sheli natata.
Al or enayim
chaver o sh'nim
al ma sheyesh li ba'olam
al shir chole'ach
v'lev sole'ach
shebizchutam ani kayam.
Todah al kol ma shebarata.

Todah al ma sheli natata.
Al tsichoch shel yeled
usmi hatachalat
al adama – u'bayit cham
pinah lashevet
ishah ohevet
shebizchutam ani kayam.

Todah al kol ma shebarata.
Todah al ma sheli natata.
Al yom shel osher
t'mimut v'yosher
al yom atsuv shene'elam
tchu'ot alpa'im
vekapayim
shebizchutam ani kayam.

Thanks for all that you created.
Thanks for all you gave me.
For light of eyes
a friend or two
for what I have in the world
for song gushing
and heart forgiving
that in their right I exist.

Thanks for all that you created.
Thanks for all you gave me.
For laughter of a child
and in the light blue skies
or soil and a warm house
a small corner to sit
loving woman
that in their right I exist.

Thanks for all that you created.
Thanks for all you gave me.
For day of happiness
innocence and righteous
for day of sadness that disappeared
ovation of 2000s
and 1000s
that in their right I exist.

Notes:

livroh = create
salach l- = forgive
Dual form:
     enayim = eyes
     yadayim = pair
     shnayim = two

DOCUMENT

Israel, a country.

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