My Daughter, are you Crying or Laughing?
Words: Yovav Katz
Lyrics: David Kribushey
Performed by: Hava Alberstein
Translated by: Benayah Blum
A last Canon-Ball exploded and then became quit
Silence engulfed the Valley
A girl in Gadot went out of a Bomb-Shelter,
And there are no more houses in the Kibbutz.
Mommy, we had a green house
With Daddy and Dolly and a loquat-tree...
The house is gone, and Dad is far away,
My Mother, are you crying or laughing?!
Look up, my Daughter, to the mountain,
The mountain that became a Monster...
There are still Canons, my Child, on the mountain,
But they now threaten Damascus!
Look up, my Daughter, to the Golan
There are Soldiers there, but from now on -
Their Flag has the colors of Blue and White
Also Daddy cries and laughs there!
We will have a green house, my Child,
With Daddy and Dolly and a loquat-tree...
And no more Fear, My Child, my Child,
My Daughter, are you crying or laughing...?
Sunsets in Red und sunrises in Gold
Meet the Green and the Water.
And without Canons of an Enemy on the Mountain
The Valley shall be twice as green!
The Jordan flows, winding like a Drunk,
The Flowering is kissing the Valley.
And no-one shall turn its waters back,
My Daughter, are you crying or laughing...?
The Jordan flows, passing between banks (=Gadot)
The Flowering is kissing the Valley
And no-one shall turn its waters back,
My Daughter, are you crying or laughing?
My Daughter, are you crying or laughing...?