A-Ba-Ni-Bi (From "Eurovision 1978")

A-ba-ni-bi
I
A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev
I love
A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev o-bo-ta-bach
I love you
A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev
I love
A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev o-bo-ta-bach
I love you
A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev
I love
O-bo-he-bev o-bo-ta-bach
Love you Keshehayinu yeladim
When we were children
Ahavnu besodei sodot
We would love in secret
El mi hayinu nechmadim?
Who were we nice to?
Rak ledodim uledodot
Only to uncles and aunts Vehabanot hamiskenot savlu
And the poor girls suffered
Hametukot, hen rak makot kiblu
Those sweethearts, they'd just get beaten up
Ve'et ma shehirgashnu be'emet
And what we really felt
Lachashnu rak bisfat ha
Bet
We whispered only in the Bet language A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev
I love
A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev o-bo-ta-bach
I love you
A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev
I love
A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev o-bo-ta-bach
I love you Ahava hi mila yafa
Love is a beautiful word
Hi tfila yafa, hi safa
It's a wonderous prayer, it's a language
Ahava hi elai tova
Love is good to me
Hi tamid titgaber
It will always overcome
Ubisfat ahava nedaber
And we shall speak in a language of love A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev
I love
A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev o-bo-ta-bach
I love you
A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev
I love
A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev o-bo-ta-bach
I love you Ani cholem vekam shalosh milim
I dream and I wake up to three words
Umahu ha'olam? – Shalosh milim
And what is the world? – Three words
Veze ma she'ani margish ka'et
And that is how I feel now
Mamash kmo az, bisfat ha
Bet
Just like back then, in the Bet language A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev
I love
A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev o-bo-ta-bach
I love you
A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev
I love
A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev o-bo-ta-bach
I love you A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev
I love
A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev o-bo-ta-bach
I love you
A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev
I love
A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev o-bo-ta-bach
I love you A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev
I love
A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev o-bo-ta-bach