Next Year - B'Shanah Ha'Baah
This classic Israeli song was written by Ehud Manor and composed by Nurit Hirsch.
When Manor asked Hirsch to compose the song, he didn’t tell her that it was written about his younger brother, Yehuda Viner who was killed in battle in 1968. Not knowing this enabled her to write an upbeat tune to the lyrics making the song a classic Rosh Hashanah song rather than a memorial song – although in actuality it is both, a song of sadness and hope that next year, the new year, will be better.
May next year be a wonderful year!
Next year we will sit on the porch And count all the migrating birds
Yeladim, bekhoufsha, yesakhakhu tofeset beyn habayit, oulebeyn hasadot.
Children on vacation will play catch Between the house and the fields
Od tire, od tire, kama tov yihye, bashana, bashana haba'a
You will see, you will see How good it will be
Next Year
Anavim adumim, yavshilu ad ha'erev veyugshu tzonenim lashulkhan.
Red grapes will ripen by evening And be served chilled to the table
Verukhot redumim, yis'u el em haderekh itonim yeshanim ve'anan.
Pleasant breezes will blow on to the roads Old newspapers and clouds
Od tire, od tire, kama tov yihye, bashana, bashana haba'a
You will see, you will see How good it will be
Next Year
Bashana haba'a, nifros kapot yadayim, mul ha'or hanigar halavan.
We will spread out our open hands Into the bright white light
Anafa levana, tifros ba'or knafayim vehashemesh tizrakh betokhan.
A white heron will spread force in light its wings And the sun will rise in their midst
Od tire, od tire, kama tov yihye, bashana, bashana haba'a
You will see, you will see How good it will be
Next Year
Bashana haba'a, neshev al hamirpeset venispor tziporim nodedot.
Next year we will sit on the porch And count all the migrating birds
Yeladim, bekhoufsha, yesakhakhu tofeset beyn habayit, oulebeyn hasadot.
Children on vacation will play catch Between the house and the fields
Next year
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