{"id":2038,"date":"2018-07-16T08:04:58","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T08:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/2018\/07\/16\/yossi-gamzu-ofra-haza-the-kotel-the-western-wall"},"modified":"2018-07-16T08:15:40","modified_gmt":"2018-07-16T08:15:40","slug":"yossi-gamzu-ofra-haza-the-kotel-the-western-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/en\/2018\/07\/16\/yossi-gamzu-ofra-haza-the-kotel-the-western-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"Yossi Gamzu: The Kotel (The Western Wall)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by Israeli lyricist Yossi Gamzu and performed by Israeli singer Ofra Haza, the song\u00a0HaKotel<\/a>\u00a0conveys the significance of the Western Wall by the stories of three people who pray there: a young girl, a paratrooper, and a bereaved mother. Although the lyrics are in Hebrew, the English and transliterated lyrics<\/a> can be seen below.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The Western Wall<\/h2>\n

A girl stood facing the kotel (western wall)
\nShe drew her lips and chin close to it.
\nShe said to me, the shofar’s blasts are strong
\nBut the silence is even stronger.
\nShe told me: Zion, the Temple Mount
\nShe was silent, about the reward and the right.
\nAnd what shone on her forehead at evening
\nWas the purple of royalty.<\/p>\n

The kotel, moss and sadness.<\/strong>
\nThe kotel, lead and blood.<\/strong>
\nThere are people with a heart of stone.<\/strong>
\nThere are stones with a human heart.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The paratrooper stood at the kotel.
\nOf his whole division – the only one.
\nHe told me that death has no image
\nBut it has a diameter –
\nNine millimeters only.
\nHe told me, I’m not shedding tears
\nAnd again lowered his glance.
\nBut my grandfather, God knows,
\nIs buried here, on Har Hazeitim (the Mount of Olives).<\/p>\n

The kotel…<\/strong><\/p>\n

She stood, dressed in black, at the kotel.
\nThe mother of one of the infantry soldiers.
\nShe told me, it’s the eyes of my son that are shining
\nAnd not the candles on the wall.
\nShe told me: I’m not writing
\nAny note to hide between the cracks.
\nBecause what I gave to the kotel only last night
\nIs greater than any words or writing.<\/p>\n

HaKotel<\/h2>\n

Amda na’ara mul hakotel<\/em>
\nS’fatayim keirva v’santeir.<\/em>
\nAmra li, t’kiyot hashofar chazakot hein<\/em>
\nAval hash’tika od yoteir.<\/em>
\nAmra li, Tziyon, Har Habayit<\/em>
\nShatka li, hag’mul v’hazchut.<\/em>
\nUma shezahar al mitzcha ben arbayim<\/em>
\nHaya argaman shel malchut.<\/em><\/p>\n

Hakotel – eizov v’atzevet<\/em><\/strong>
\nHakotel – oferet vadam<\/em><\/strong>
\nYesh anashim im lev shel even.<\/em><\/strong>
\nYesh avanim im lev adam.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Amad hatzanchan mul hakotel<\/em>
\nMikawl maklachto, rak echad<\/em>
\nAmar li, lamavet ein dmut<\/em>
\nAch yesh koter –<\/em>
\nRak tish’a millimeter bilvad.<\/em>
\nAmar li, eineni domei’a<\/em>
\nV’shav v’hishpil mabatim<\/em>
\nAch saba sheli, Elohim hayodei’a,<\/em>
\nKavur kan b’Har Hazeitim.<\/em><\/p>\n

Hakotel…<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Amda bish’chorim mul hakotel<\/em>
\nImo shel echad min hachir<\/em>
\nAmra li, einav na’ari hadolkot hein<\/em>
\nV’lo haneirot shebakir.<\/em>
\nAmra li, eineni roshemet<\/em>
\nShum petek litmon ben s’dakav<\/em>
\nKi ma shenatati lakotel rak emesh<\/em>
\nGadol mimilim umik’tav.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Written by Israeli lyricist Yossi Gamzu and performed by Israeli singer Ofra Haza, the song\u00a0HaKotel\u00a0conveys the significance of the Western Wall by the stories of three people who pray there: a young girl, a paratrooper, and a bereaved mother. Although the lyrics are in Hebrew, the English and transliterated lyrics can be seen below.\u00a0 The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2039,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":[],"categories":[46],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2038\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=2038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2038\/revisions\/"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2039\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=2038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=2038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=2038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}