А грехи а грехи отпоем отпляшем ("Хава нагила" по-русски)
A grekhi a grekhi otpoem otplyashem
Celebration anthemJoyful
«Хава нагила» - возможно, самая узнаваемая еврейская песня в мире. В русской версии поэта Ольги Аникиной она обрела новое дыхание. Камерное, глубокое и искреннее исполнение Элечки делает эту песню по-настоящему близкой слушателям по всему миру.
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Hava Nagila, sung at last in a language people understand
Hava Nagila is the most famous Jewish song in the world. Its handful of Hebrew words mean, roughly, let us rejoice and be glad. The melody comes from a Hasidic nigun, a wordless prayer tune from Eastern Europe, and is often credited to the musicologist Abraham Zvi Idelsohn, who set words to it around 1918. Since then the whole world has sung it at weddings and celebrations, almost always without knowing what the words say.
Olga Anikina did not translate the old Hebrew line by line. She wrote a new, singable Russian poem in the spirit of the song, so that a listener feels its meaning in their own language. Get up on the right foot so it is easier to sing and dance. Life is not given to us in vain, so do not shed tears. Our shirt has two pockets, it is too early to think of death, and our sins we will simply sing and dance away. It is the joy of Hava Nagila given back its meaning.
Why bring it into English
Everyone can hum the tune. Almost no one can sing what it means. Bringing Hava Nagila into Russian, where it has already reached an audience of hundreds of millions, and then into English, lets people finally sing the sense and not only the sound. That is the whole mission of Jewish Songs for All: to carry the great Jewish songs to the world in the languages people actually speak.
The words, line by line
Russian (Olga Anikina)English, line by line
Встань с той ноги даGet up on the right foot, yes
Встань с той ноги даGet up on the right foot, yes
Чтоб легче было петь да плясатьSo that it is easier to sing and to dance
Хава нагила хава нагилаHava nagila, hava nagila
Было да сплыло не вернёшь назадWhat was is gone, you will not bring it back
Жизнь нам не зря данаLife is not given to us in vain
Жизнь нам не зря данаLife is not given to us in vain
Жизнь нам не зря данаLife is not given to us in vain
Слёзы не лейDo not shed tears
У рубахи два карманаA shirt has two pockets
Нам о смерти думать раноIt is too early for us to think of death
А грехи А грехиAnd our sins, and our sins
Отпоём отпляшемWe will sing and dance away
В ботинках рваных намIn our torn shoes
Каблуков не жальWe do not mind the heels
Всё богатство курам на смехAll our riches are a laughingstock
Открывайте двери настежьOpen the doors wide
Будут гости будет счастьеGuests will come, happiness will come
А грехи А грехиAnd our sins, and our sins
Отпоём отпляшемWe will sing and dance away
Russian lyrics by Olga Anikina. The English is a literal, line by line rendering for meaning, prepared for review, not a singing version.
А грехи а грехи отпоем отпляшем ("Хава нагила" по-русски)
«Хава нагила» - возможно, самая узнаваемая еврейская песня в мире. В русской версии поэта Ольги Аникиной она обрела новое дыхание..
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«Хава нагила» - возможно, самая узнаваемая еврейская песня в мире. В русской версии поэта Ольги Аникиной она обрела новое дыхание..
History
A grekhi a grekhi otpoem otplyashem
«Хава нагила» - возможно, самая узнаваемая еврейская песня в мире. В русской версии поэта Ольги Аникиной она обрела новое дыхание. Камерное, глубокое и искреннее исполнение Элечки делает эту песню по-настоящему близкой слушателям по всему миру.
Hava Nagila, sung at last in a language people understand
Hava Nagila is the most famous Jewish song in the world. Its handful of Hebrew words mean, roughly, let us rejoice and be glad.
The melody comes from a Hasidic nigun, a wordless prayer tune from Eastern Europe, and is often credited to the musicologist Abraham Zvi Idelsohn, who set words to it around 1918.
History
Since then the whole world has sung it at weddings and celebrations, almost always without knowing what the words say.
Olga Anikina did not translate the old Hebrew line by line. She wrote a new, singable Russian poem in the spirit of the song, so that a listener feels its meaning in their own language. Get up on the right foot so it is easier to sing and dance. Life is not given to us in vain, so do not shed tears.
Our shirt has two pockets, it is too early to think of death, and our sins we will simply sing and dance away. It is the joy of Hava Nagila given back its meaning.
Why bring it into English
Everyone can hum the tune. Almost no one can sing what it means.
History
Bringing Hava Nagila into Russian, where it has already reached an audience of hundreds of millions, and then into English, lets people finally sing the sense and not only the sound.
That is the whole mission of Jewish Songs for All: to carry the great Jewish songs to the world in the languages people actually speak.
The words, line by line
Russian lyrics by Olga Anikina. The English is a literal, line by line rendering for meaning, prepared for review, not a singing version.
Credits & rights
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