Is there a nice Israeli song or poem that talks about peace?

Question

Ok, I think we have posted so much hateful things for today, so now I am back to my peaceful character. I have a good mood now, so is there an Israel song or poem that talks about peace.


If you don't know an Israeli song or poem, it can be from any other country but I would like to be able to read it so if it translated to English it would be great.

Thanks

Halen as far as I know Canada is the most peaceful place.

EU CITIZEN, I liked the poem, thank you

B:

What's that, LOL LOL
did you compose that poem? That is halarious. It is the first time I laugh today.
Seriously, is this a real poem or you compsed it?

Answer 1

There are many many Israeli songs which yearn for peace.

Aviv Geffen is an Israeli who has written many very popular songs for peace, for example 'The Hope':

Let's march to the dream
without a race or nationality
let's try
until things will be good
untl they will be

We'll bury the guns
and not the children
(so) let's try
until things will be good
untl they will be

Let's march to the dream...

We'll bury the guns...

We'll capture the peace
and not the territories
let's try
until things will be good
untl they will be

For the eternal freedom
for my children
(so) let's try
until things will be good
untl they will be


Another poignant song for peace is called 'Winter 1973', which expresses the sadness of Israeli children who were born after the Yom Kippur war and have lived through years of peace hopes which still haven't materialised:

We are the children of winter 1973
You dreamt us first at dawn at the end of the battles
You were tired men that thanked their good luck
You were worried young women and you wanted so much to love
When you conceived us with love in winter 1973
You wanted to fill up with your bodies that what the war finished
And we were born the country was wounded and sad
You looked at us you hugged us you were trying to find comfort
When we were born the elders blessed with tears in their eyes
They said:" we wish those kids will not have to go to the army"
And your faces in the old picture prove
That you said it form the bottom of your hearts
When you promised to do every thing for us
To make an enemy into a loved one

You promised a dove,
an olive tree leaf,
you promised peace
You promised spring at home and blossoms
You promised to fulfill promises, you promised a dove

We are the children of winter 1973
We grew up and now in the army
with our weapon and helmet on our heads
We know how to make love to laugh and cry
We are men we are women
and we too dream about babies
This is why we will not pressure you we will demand of you
And we will not threaten you
When we were young you said promises need to be kept
We will give you strength if that is what you need
We will not hold back
We just wanted to whisper
We are the children of that winter in the year 1973

You promised a dove,
an olive tree leaf,
you promised peace
You promised spring at home and blossoms
You promised to fulfill promises,
you promised a dove


Today marks twelve years since the murder of Yitzhak Rabin, and last night saw a massive gathering for peace in Tel Aviv's central square:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-11/04/content_7009258.htm

Among the many songs of peace and commemoration were the 'Song For Peace' which Diana already mentioned, which is the one Yitzhak Rabin himself sang twelve years ago just minutes before he was assassinated.

Londoner In Israel

Answer 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwoE9KdK8YM = YOUTUBE FOR YOU OF SONG CALLED = AL KOL EILEH FROM NAOMI SHEMER... TRANSLATION IN ENGLISH HERE

Every bee that brings the honey
Needs a sting to be complete
And we all must learn to taste the bitter with the sweet.

Keep, oh Lord, the fire burning
Through the night and through the day
For the man who is returning
from so far away.

Chorus:
Don't uproot what has been planted
So our bounty may increase
Let our dearest wish be granted:
Bring us peace, oh bring us peace.

For the sake of all these things, Lord,
Let your mercy be complete
Bless the sting and bless the honey
Bless the bitter and the sweet.


Save the houses that we live in
The small fences and the wall
From the sudden war-like thunder
May you save them all.

Guard what little I’ve been given
Guard the hill my child might climb
Let the fruit that’s yet to ripen
Not be plucked before its time.


Chorus:

As the wind makes rustling night sounds
And a star falls in its arc
All my dreams and my desires
Form crystal shapes out of the dark.

Guard for me, oh Lord, these treasures
All my friends keep safe and strong,
Guard the stillness, guard the weeping,
And above all, guard this song.

Chorus:
For the sake of all these things, Lord,
Let your mercy be complete
Bless the sting and bless the honey
Bless the bitter and the sweet.

Bless the sting and bless the honey
Bless the bitter and the sweet

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Answer 4

I just think it's worth noting that every single Jew or Israeli gave you a genuine response and related something of peace. EU Citizen also gave a nice response. B gave an answer which, to my mind, was really most unnecessary.

Answer 5

A SONG FOR PEACE שיר לשלום!!!

Let the sun rise
And give the morning light,
The purest prayer
Will not bring us back.

He whose candle was blown out
And was buried in the dust,
A bitter cry won't wake him
Won't bring him back.

Nobody will return us
From the dead dark pit
Here - neither the victory cheer
Nor songs of praise will help.

So sing only a song for peace,
Do not whisper a prayer.
Better sing a song for peace
With a big shout.

Let the sun penetrate
Through the flowers,
Don't look backward
Leave those who departed.

Lift your eyes with hope,
Not through the rifle sights.
Sing a song for love,
And not for wars.

Don't say the day will come,
Bring the day
Because it is not a dream,
And within all the city's squares,
Cheer only peace.

So sing only a song for peace,
Do not whisper a prayer.
Better sing a song for peace,
With a big shout.

Tnu lashemesh la'alot
laboker leha'ir.
Hazaka shebatfilot
otanu lo tachzir.
Mi asher kava nero
uve'afar nitman,
bechi mar lo ya'iro
lo yachziro lechan.
Ish otanu lo yashiv
mibor tachtit afel
kan lo yo'ilu
lo simchat hanitzachon
velo shirey halel.


Lachen rak shiru shir lashalom
al tilchashu t'fila.
Mutav tashiru shir lashalom
bitze'aka g'dola.

Answer 6

thanks for this genuine question... these days it is rare to hear other people speaking of peace, having open minds, and even the sharing of poems and songs... and an interest in the other. this is what will bring peace

in response to your question, i also think you will like yehuda amichai, a famous israeli poet. here are just a few of his poems

An Arab Shepherd Is Searching For His Goat On Mount Zion by Yehuda Amichai
An Arab shepherd is searching for his goat on Mount Zion
And on the opposite hill I am searching for my little boy.
An Arab shepherd and a Jewish father
Both in their temporary failure.
Our two voices met above
The Sultan's Pool in the valley between us.
Neither of us wants the boy or the goat
To get caught in the wheels
Of the "Had Gadya" machine.

Afterward we found them among the bushes,
And our voices came back inside us
Laughing and crying.

Searching for a goat or for a child has always been
The beginning of a new religion in these mountains.

Tourists by Yehuda Amichai
Visits of condolence is all we get from them.
They squat at the Holocaust Memorial,
They put on grave faces at the Wailing Wall
And they laugh behind heavy curtains
In their hotels.
They have their pictures taken
Together with our famous dead
At Rachel's Tomb and Herzl's Tomb
And on Ammunition Hill.
They weep over our sweet boys
And lust after our tough girls
And hang up their underwear
To dry quickly
In cool, blue bathrooms.


Once I sat on the steps by agate at David's Tower,
I placed my two heavy baskets at my side. A group of tourists
was standing around their guide and I became their target marker. "You see
that man with the baskets? Just right of his head there's an arch
from the Roman period. Just right of his head." "But he's moving, he's moving!"
I said to myself: redemption will come only if their guide tells them,
"You see that arch from the Roman period? It's not important: but next to it,
left and down a bit, there sits a man who's bought fruit and vegetables for his family."

Answer 7

Londoner admits that he moved to Israel just two years ago.

And this entitles him to present himself as an expert on the Middle East?

Very funny. With more experts like him, Israel could become ours without needing to fire a single shot.

Answer 8

Israeli Song - Yahad

-together heart to heart we'll open and see.. the light of the sky... together heart to heart we'll open and see the love ,.. and only if we believe ...
search for the rest of the words it's about peace (Shalom,Salam)

Answer 9

Of course. Many.

But the Arabs sing such songs as the following, from last week, calling for Isreal's destruction:

“Oh mother, they destroyed our house
The house of my brother and my neighbor [2X]
Do not be angry, oh mother, we got more stones [2X]
We are Palestinians, we are not terrorists [2X]

We have the right, oh mother, we want to bring our home back
Hand in hand, and arm in arm, we will protect your land, Palestine
We will pray in Al-Aqsa and the [Church] of the Nativity, Islam and Christians
[2X]
We will liberate [Palestine] the Land of Religions.
And we will build Jerusalem of the homelands.
We are the sons of glory, oh mother …

We are Palestinians we are not terrorists
We are the students of freedom we are not terrorists

Oh Arab, oh noble son, your blood is in my blood and your business is my business
Peace will be achieved through unity, oh my brother and cousin
The land is Arab in history and identity
Palestine is Arab in history and identity
We will live in peace, oh mother, and our lives will not be wasted
…
Oh mother, they destroyed our house
The house of my brother and my neighbor [2X]
Do not be angry, oh mother, our rocks increased [in number]

From Jerusalem and Acre, from Haifa and Jericho and Gaza and Ramallah [2X]
From Bethlehem and Jaffa, from Be’er Sheva and Ramla, [2X]
from Nablus to the Galilee, from Tiberias to Hebron [2x]

[Images of all these Israeli cities are broadcast]

Answer 10

Fatah and Hamas hate each other. The Palestinian Authority, lead by Abbas and Fatah have no control in Gaza. They only control the West Bank.