Barcelona-Jo Amar (1976)
Arabic Translation:
song writer : Jo Amar
Elaich ba ani
hamenagen bachatserot
elaich ba umenagen
umezamer bach, ir toseset
lalala…
Ho barcelona barcelona
me’odi lo peratich al klei neginah
lalala…
ho barcelona barcelona
al klei meitar
im gitarah im mandolinah.
Hod chavarech kavash levavi
ho barcelona!
Lach heveti meitav shirati
na kabli zo tshurati
vena zichri et hed koli
kimazkeret la’ahavah
lalalala memememiah.
Ho barcelona barcelona
me’odi
lo peratich al klei neginah
lalala…
ho barcelona barcelona
al klei meitar
im gitarah im mandolinah.
avarti derech, yabasha vayam
ho ho barcelona!
English Translation:
song writer : Jo Amar
It’s me who comes to you
the one who plays in the courtyards
I come to you and play
sing of you, excited city
lalala…
Oh Barcelona Barcelona
“me’odi” not “peratich” on musical instruments
lalala…
Oh Barcelona Barcelona
on stringed instruments,
with a guitar and mandolina.
The splendor of your soil captured my heart
Oh Barcelona!
To you I brought the best of my song
accept this present
and remember the echo of my voice
like a souvernir of love
lalalala memememiah.
Oh Barcelona Barcelona
ever since I exist
not as your strings of a musical instrument
lalala…
Oh Barcelona Barcelona
on stringed instruments,
with a guitar and mandolina.
I passed roads, continents and seas
Oh oh Barcelona!
