Lyrics Bashana Habaa - Ilanit

Bashana Habaa

Neisheiv — We will sit
Al Hamirpeset — on the porch (yes it was written in singular, but «our
porches» would be alright too)
V’nispor — and we will count
Tziporim — birds
Nod’dot — migrating
Yeladim — children
B’chufsha — on vacation or holiday
Y’sachaku — will play
tofeset — catch (game)
Bein habayeet — between the house
L’vein hasadot — and between the fields
(Bein and L’vien: a gramatical difference, sometimes you have a dagesh
in the Beit and sometimes you prononce it without as in this case — I
don’t know the rule exactly)
House was written in singular and Sadot in plural, that is the way Ehud
manor chose to write it.
Od — once more, once again
tireh — you will see
kamah — How (much)
tov — good
yih’yeh — it will be
Anavim — grapes
Adumim — plural for red (no particular shade of red)
yavshilu — will ripen
ad — by (the time) or till,
Haerev — the evening
V’yugshu — and will be served
Tzon’nim — Chilled — I like your interpretation of the «chilled by the
evening air».
Lashulchan — to the table
V’ruchot — and winds
R’dumim — sleepy, slumber, slugish (languid?)
yis’u — will carry
al em haderech — at the crossroads
(the word Em comes from Imma but really has no connection to Imma here
that I can explain;
Al em haderech is an expression)
itonim — newspapers
yeshanim — old
K’anan — like a cloud
Bashanah Habah — next year…
nifros — we will spread
kapot — the palms (plural — kaf yad means the palm of your hand)
yadayeem — hands
mul — against, across from
ha’or — the light
hanigar — spilled, spilling over
halavan — the white
Anafa — heron
Levana — White (feminine)
tifros — will spread
Ba’or — in the light
k’nafayeem- wings
V’hashemesh — and the sun
tizrach — will shine
Betochan — in them, or through them