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Original lyrics
הליכה לקיסריה
אלי, אלי
שלא יגמר לעולם
החול והים,
רשרוש של המים,
ברק השמים
תפלת האדם.
Submitted by Miroslavchik on 2018-12-16
Last edited by maluca on 2021-02-01
Translation
Walk to Ceasarea
My God, My God
May it never end,
The sand and the sea,
The ripple of the waters,
The lightning in the sky,
The prayer of man.
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Submitted by Miroslavchik on 2018-12-16
Last edited by Miroslavchik on 2020-07-13
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Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkjsqUQSrhE
The song Jerusalem of Gold is featured near the end of the 1993 American film Schindler's List. This caused controversy in Israel, as the song is widely considered an informal anthem, and has no relationship with the subject matter of the movie. In Israeli prints of the film the song was replaced with Halikha LeKesariya which is universally associated with the Holocaust in Israel.
Hannah Szenes: Top 3
1. | הליכה לקיסריה (Halicha Lekaysarya) |
2. | אַשְׁרֵי הַגַּפְרוּר (Ashrei Hagafur) |
3. | אחד - שנים - שלשה (Echad - Shtayim - Shalosh) |
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Text from http://www.hebrewsongs.com/song-elielihebrew.pdf
Text : Hannah Senesh
Music: David Zahavi
Song is often also called Eyli, Eyli
Hannah Szenes (Hebrew: חנה סנש) (Hungarian: Szenes Anikó) (July 17, 1921 November 7, 1944) was a Hungarian Jew, one of 37 Jews living in Palestine, now Israel, who were trained by the British army to parachute into Yugoslavia during the Second World War in order to help save the Jews of Hungary, who were about to be deported to the German death camp at Auschwitz.
Szenes was arrested at the Hungarian border, imprisoned and tortured, but she refused to reveal details of her mission and was eventually tried and executed by firing squad. She is regarded as a national heroine in Israel.
Another version of the song, sung by Ofir Ben Shitrit
Another version of the song, by Nechama Hendel
https://youtu.be/72llK6I7BBQ?list=OLAK5uy_lHyO-KOHV0BkQ_Glm0AmnC5iM7_Amifl8