Chai Eurovision Song Contest 1983 - Ofra Haza

Chai (Alive) (חי), Eurovision Song Contest 1983; Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich, West Germany; Saturday, April 23, 1983 - Ofra Haza representing Israel (Second Place, 136 Points) (Dutch version) (Long version).....
While in West Germany preparing for her performance in the Eurovision Song Contest, Ofra and the rest of the Israeli group visited Dachau, the extermination camp of the Nazis. She met there an elderly Jewish couple from Israel who survived the Holocaust.
"Are you Ofra Haza?" asked the husband. "I was a prisoner in this concentration camp and today I came here to visit for the first time since I was freed. We heard your song. On Saturday evening when you sing this song to all of Europe, remember what you see now." Ofra promised to remember.
Ofra and her group also visited the Olympic Village in Munich, where 11 Israeli athletes and coaches were slain during the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Shim'u echai
Ani od chai
Ushtei einai od nisa'ot la'or
Rabim chochai
Ach gam p'rachai
U'l'fanai shanim rabot misfor
Ani sho'el umitpalel
Tov shelo avda od hatikva
Over mizmor, midor l'dor
K'ma'ayan mei'az v'ad olam
Ani sho'el umitpalel
Tov shelo avda od hatikva!
Chai, chai, chai
Ken, ani od chai
Ze hashir shesaba
Shar etmol l'aba -
V'hayom ani.
Ani od chai, chai, chai
Am Yisrael chai
Ze hashir shesaba
Shar etmol l'aba
V'hayom ani.
Homim yamai v'leilotai
Uv'shamai amud ha'esh od kam
Ashir b'li dai [chai chai]
Efros yadai [chai chai]
L'y'didai asher mei'eiver yam
Ani sho'el umitpalel
Tov shelo avda od hatikva
Chai, chai, chai
Ken, ani od chai
Ze hashir shesaba
Shar etmol l'aba -
V'hayom ani.
Ani od chai, chai, chai
Am Yisrael chai
Ze hashir shesaba
Shar etmol l'aba
V'hayom ani.
Shim'u echai, ani od chai
Ushtei einai od nisa'ot la'or
Az ko lechai, l'chawl orchai
Ul'vanai hamevakshim lachzor
Ani sho'el umitpalel
Tov shelo avda od hatikva
Chai, chai, chai
Ken, ani od chai
Ze hashir shesaba
Shar etmol l'aba -
V'hayom ani.
Ani od chai, chai, chai
Am Yisrael chai
Ze hashir shesaba
Shar etmol l'aba
V'hayom ani.
Chai, chai, chai
Chai, chai, chai,
Chai - Ani od chai, chai, chai!
Listen, brothers
I'm still alive
And my two eyes are still raised to the light
Many are my thorns,
But also my flowers
And ahead of me are years too numerous to count
I ask
And pray
It's good that hope was not yet lost
A psalm passes from generation to generation
Like a spring from long ago, and on to eternity
I ask
And pray
It's good that hope was not yet lost
Alive, alive, alive
Yes, I'm still alive
This is the song which grandfather
Sang yesterday to father
And today I [sing it]
I'm still alive, alive, alive
The people of Israel live
This is the song which grandfather
Sang yesterday to father
And today I [sing it]!
My days are full of life
And also my nights
And in my sky the pillar of fire still rises
I will sing endlessly
I'll spread out my hands
To my friends across the sea.
I ask
And pray
It's good that hope was not yet lost
Alive, alive, alive
Yes, I'm still alive
This is the song which grandfather
Sang yesterday to father
And today I [sing it]
I'm still alive, alive, alive
The people of Israel live
This is the song which grandfather
Sang yesterday to father
And today I [sing it]!
Listen my brothers,
I'm still alive
And my two eyes are still raised to the light
So here's to life!
To all my guests
And to my children who seek to return
I ask
And pray
It's good that hope was not yet lost
Alive, alive, alive
Yes, I'm still alive
This is the song which grandfather
Sang yesterday to father
And today I [sing it]
I'm still alive, alive, alive
The people of Israel live
This is the song which grandfather
Sang yesterday to father
And today I [sing it]!
Alive alive alive
Alive alive alive
Alive, I'm still alive alive alive!
Conductor: Nansi Silviu Brandes
Eurovision Song Contest Presenter: Marlene Charell
NOS Commentator: Willem Duys
Television Broadcaster: NOS (Netherlands)
Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (Dutch Broadcasting Foundation)
Broadcast Language: Dutch
Words/Music: Ehud Manor / Avi Toledano
Transliteration: Malka Tischler
Translation: Malka Tischler

[@dafranko33]

Miss you Ofra!
Thank you for the video.

[@michellekourea275]

What a brilliant voice and song! ❤