Light in Babylon - Hinach Yafa / Live in Beyoglu, Istanbul
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- Paized by fRoots Magazine as 'A celebration of the cosmopolitan traditions of both Istanbul and the Sephardic Jewish community and another example of the great music that is coming out of the Eastern Mediterranean right now', Light in Babylon brought to the world scene their first official album 'Life sometimes doesn't give you space' in 2012.
Their project is the fusion of different ethnicities and cultures, the singer is Israeli from Iranian origin, the santur player is Turkish the guitarist is French and they cooperate with musicians from different origin as well (Turkish, English and more).
With the strength and openness of their youth and the various musical influences they have, they intuitively created a original colourful blend of their inner voices with flavours that would carry the imagination on a travel trough the Middle east and beyond.
What became the core trio of the band met in 2010 in the streets of Istanbul. Michal Elia Kamal, would write lyrics, and arrangement and composition would be made by the trio including Metehan Çifçi (santour) and Julien Demarque (guitar).
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Hinach Yafa -- הינך יפה -- You Are Beautiful
Hinach Yafa - English Lyrics:
In my bed its already week I search
The one my soul love
And I couldn't fined him
I search in all the streets of the
Full lies city
And I couldn't fined him
The guards who surround the city
Found me
But my love..i couldn't find him yet
I will not let him go
Till I will bring him to my city
To mother house to my room To my bed
u have been so beautiful my wife
and your lips r scarlet string
your tooth r white as the light of the moon
Who is coming up from the desert
From a faraway land Carried by a big bird
Arriving to my house
La la la la la..
In my bed its already week I search
The one my soul love
And I couldn't fined him
I search in all the streets of the
Full lies city
And I couldn't fined him
The guards who surround the city
Found me
But my love..i couldn't find him yet
I will not let him go
Till I will bring him to my city
To mother house to my room To my bed
u have been so beautiful my wife
and your lips r scarlet string
your tooth r white as the light of the moon
Who is coming up from the desert
From a faraway land Carried by a big bird
Arriving to my house
U have been so beautiful my wife
I'm getting mixed inside your eye which
Burning me as a tongue of fire
Who is coming up from the desert
From a faraway land Carried by a big bird
Arriving to my house
Hinach Yafa - Hebrew Lyrics:
Bemitati kvar Shavuot
Bikashti et sheahava nafshi
Velo metzaativ
Chipasti bein kol rechovot hair
Hameleat shkarim hazot
Velo metzaativ
Matzeuni hashomrim Hasovevim bair
.
ach ahuvi, od lo matzati oto
Ach lo arpe mimeno ad sheavio
.
El toch iri el beit imi el mitati
Hinech yafa raayati vesiftotaich chut shani
Shinaich levanot keor halevana
.
Mi zot ola min hamidbar meeretz rechoka
Niset al knaf tzipor gdola hegia el beiti
.
La la la la la la...
Bemitati kvar Shavuot
Bikashti et sheahava nafshi
Velo metzaativ
Chipasti bein kol rechovot hair
Hameleat shkarim hazot
Velo metzaativ
Matzeuni hashomrim Hasovevim bair
.
ach ahuvi, od lo matzati oto
.
Ach lo arpe mimeno ad sheavio
El toch iri el beit imi el mitati
Hinech yafa raayati vesiftotaich chut shani
Shinaich levanot keor halevana
.
Mi zot ola min hamidbar meeretz rechoka
Niset al knaf tzipor gdola hegia el beiti
.
Hinech yafa raayati
ani nitraf bishtei enaich
Asher sorfot oti keesh halehava
Mi zot ola min hamidbar meeretz rechoka
Niset al knaf tzipor gdola hegia el beiti
I think the best music in the world today is played on the streets.
You've got that right! Handpan music, drummers with buckets and pencils, this, its all beautiful!
Always! I have no regard for talentless celebrities, the world has enough talent on the STREETS❤
Maalesef
Agree, no autotunning, no artificial crap.
Absolutely
Mükemmel.. Oradan geçenler ve dinleyicilerin çoğu, ne kadar güzel bir ana tanıklık ettiklerinin farkında bile değiller.
This isn't music. This is soul captivating sorcery! 💙
Well said my friend ❤
In my bed, it's been weeks
Since I wished for my loved one
And I could not find him
I have searched all around the city streets
This full-of-lies city
And I could not find him
I was found by the guards
Who patrol the city
But my loved one, I have yet to find him
But I will not let him go
Until I bring him to my city
To my mother's home and into my room
Into my bed
You are so beautiful, my wife
And your lips are like a crimson string
Your teeth are white
Like the light of the moon
Who is this girl that's rising from the desert
From a faraway land
Carried upon a mighty bird's wing
Coming to my home
You are so beautiful, my wife
I am captivated by your eyes
Which are burning me
Like roaring flames
Who is this girl that's rising from the desert
From a faraway land
Carried upon a mighty bird's wing
Coming to my home
This was my first viewing of Light in Babylon. I was immediately intrigued. Looked them up across the internet, saved their music on UA-cam. I grew up in New York with friends Stephen and Alan Goldstein. I'm not Jewish myself. The language she is singing in is, I understand, an older Jewish language. What really threw me was she grew up in Iran as a Jew. Americans have a completely different understanding of the two cultures. She defies all of that, a wonderful mix of both in her performances. She is very talented in any country, dance, acting, singing! But she is very smart too. I think anyone in the middle east should be amazed to watch her. Nothing but love goes out from Light in Babylon. I wish the whole world could live like that.
Too many words for a great feeling.
Thanks for explaining. I am deeply captivated for her soul, her music,this is the first song I heard from her and I absolutely LOVE it ❤
As cultural and cosmic, it sounds like honey to the most sensitive ears. Congratulations!
Music transcend any linguistic barrier and this is the Universal language.. one may not understood it... One just need to absorb it. Beautiful.
Боже какая она красивая.
I really liked it
Are you telling me she's belting her soul out about coffee? Dayum
Harika
So I showed this to my sister who lived in Israel and she immediately picked up on Michals's accent and loved the song. Theres several recordings of Light in Babylon from several years ago on the street (This is the best, bravo!). It's very sad it's not safe for them to continue to drop in there, but I DO greatly hope they continue to grow a wider international audience to their positive and raw honest music.
Ma Naim
She's a goddess. I think I'm in love with a woman: D Well done guys!
I should have been from middle east in my past life, this music makes my heart to beat so fast.
Beautiful Turkey!!! I must go to visit you some day :D
Thank you!! For me too, if you want to come to Colombia some day :D
+Lina Marcela Castro Zambrano middle east? :)
Or maybe in the next life :)
i wept
j'adore votre musique ! i love !!!!
Проста волшебство , как завараживает , как хорошо что мы все разные , как цветы мира, браво !
This really hits something inside. Light in babylon and there live energy touches my soul.
Just to not forget how beautiful is the world.
Her voice is very very beautiful ,but beautiful is not only her voice, from angelic face is coming out angelic voice.
Необыкновенно красиво! Она поёт сердцем и душой. Давно так не уносило...... Спасибо что поделились.
Всем добра!
Mind blowing and Soul opening experience!!! Absolutely magical!! I can't stop listening to it!!
Buy the album you'll love it. It's on Bandcamp.com
Meanings are also marvellous :)
This version is the best by far, get goosebumps every time I listen to it...
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My jaw just dropped and am speechless.
SUPERBE!
I see the Iranian connection with the singer and the santur being Iranian of course! Great fusion!
Wonderful Human nature in full power!!! This is strong!!!!
Eternal piece, she is great , same goes for those backing her, absolute and total immersion of herself into her art to please us , and at the same time express herself
Beautiful singer !! her voice is amazing very talented musicians!😇
Very best. Beuty out of this world
Original music gem.I am in love with this girl and her passioned voice.Absolutely awesome music from my neighborhood people.Much love from greece.
A nice lady with an awesome voice, two very good musicians and a song... wow!
Can't get enough of this music. I just ordered the band's first cd.
Mein Gott, sowas schönes findet man nicht einmal auf NTV 💖
Türkiye de böyle sanatların işlenmesi çok hoş.
Bu uzun yıllar önceydi. Artık oralar suriyah
La verdad, este tema me encanta escucharlo una o dos veces por semana y no me aburre para nada...
Es hermoso...👽
Estará en español para saber que dice la letra ?
ı love istanbul 🎻🎺🪕
Music is not a language race
Welcome to our country and we look forward to it again
Bu ne güçlü bir ses, Beyoğlu'nun göbeğinde... Kutluyorum...
I would play the drum just like that.... when I was a kid in Israel....Tel Aviv
Brvoooooooooo....
یقین دارم الان تو دنیای موسیقی مطرح شدی آفرین
Çok zevk Aldim
Wow I love the music. I don't even understand what she is singing.
Talent is on streets
I don't know why I keep listening to it. I don't understand a word of it!
hebraisk blow away
You don't have to understand words.
awesome voice, incredible performance..
This song brings back memories of when I lived in Istanbul from 2011-2014 - I would hear Light in Babylon perform at least once a month. I would hear it every time I passed through Istiklal Street and never got bored of it. It was always very spiritual and moving to listen to and was always what I needed to hear in a country that sometimes felt restricted and small - their sounds lifted me to a higher state of mind. In my second year of living there, I got to talk to Michal and personally thank her for adding beauty to my life and she was so happy and embraced me. What a kind and down-to-earth young woman who is as beautiful on the inside as she is on the outside.
Thank you for providing a soundtrack to that era of my life. Now in London, I am far from all the chaotic beauty of Istanbul and it feels good to remember those days :)
Божественный голос!
Tears filling my eyes and smiling at the same time.
So Beautiful
Блин не знаю чем она так эта песня завораживает я уже 2 года слушаю каждое утро и просто тащусь
Ich bin Verliebt!:)
I love you my fellow earthlings , sometimes music answers the nihilistic questions.
The sounds of Babylon yes here I am brava!
Love! From Norway
I' ve never feel such energy in one song.
Turkey is definitely on my list of places to visit. This video bumped Turkey up higher on my list.
Боже мой, до слез. Это прекрасно
gracias!
makes me want to move to turkey and walk around with a jug of wine. i hope i find this music.
einfach toll das hackbrett und tolle singstimme
After a long time, I guess could find music to my ears.
what a voice
Expressive ,dinamik
WOW! I miss Istanbul!
I don't understand single word she is singing. But I just love this song, I've watched it hundreds of times.
Исмиральда,богиня,лебедь. Музыканты неимоверно музыканты божественны.
Find of the day, This Gem! Ty!!
All my humble love from Puerto Rico.
Such an mazing hammered dulcimer player...
Mukemmelsinizzzzzz🥰💜♥️❣️💕❤️💙💗💚
🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷 Türkiye den sevgiler selamlar
💜💚♥️💗❣️💙💕💙💕❤️
Muhteşemmm yaaa bayildim
"Песнь песней Соломона" на иврите в Истанбуле. ЧТО еще надо для человечества что бы понять что мы все братья?!
Cimbalom with darbouka so beautiful 😍
The Feel the music...............
AMAZING MUSIC, MUSICIANS AND AWESOME VOICE THE GIRL
Greetings from Germany, wonderful voice and music!
Τι πάθος... τέλειοι!!!
Istanbul
A crowded street
Someone’s pushing, someone’s breathing
Looking at me with a tired glance
I’m not smiling
Smog opposite autumn flowers
Are the sights of the west
To which I don’t belong to
And if it’s me that you love
Free me from the pain
And let me go
In a far way land of sunshine
For you I would wait
Until your return from where autumn sheds its leaves
And Istanbul...
Shivers
Look I’m not scared
True, I don’t have to
Love you
Love from turkey❤ very passionate music and santuri metehan çiftçi
The Drummer. the Singer, and this mesmerising Woman have the most wonderful personality and Drumming actions I have ever seen. This is fabulous . She makes that drum an instrument of fascination but really it is the player natural skills She fits in with all music . Greatest woman with the Drum. Thanks . I love this Group and music.
I-m Romenian but this song is beatyful salom
Light of Babylon I can't say that you're perfect because we all are imperfect but I do truly say to you, you are very very very very very very close to perfection like no one else before...😍😍😍😍
Wah kya e
❤ from Punjab (India🇮🇳)
I love you Michal...
Am Benben from DRC and i apreciate your musique
E' veramente una grande artista, ci mette l'anima voce meravigliosa,auguri dal profondo del mio cuore x il tuo impegno e per la tua bravura
Best video clip ever, says more than a 1000000 $ of special effects
When can I get the effects package
I need to create something that is rem specific
Sei veramente una forza della natura,bravissima con tutto il mio cuore
love you 💖💖💖...bravo👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Avete fatto un capolavoro 😊
magnifique !!
great sound....still resonates today at the near end of 2020....
Wonderful & Awesome Sound really picks you up and shakes you out!
Great! making me dance - it is so natural, primordial, authentic! Wished to hear your music alive!!!
Sois unos monstruos que preciosidad de música, y esa coz de la moza!! Monstrual.... Que fuerza, qué garganta, y que ganas de sentirte y valorarte, no tiene precio, AMO, TU SPIRITUUUUU
Hello from Brazil!!! I really liked this group! The singer is very talented!! Congratulations
Magic
music that elevates, music that inspires, music that is life! Passion in life is passion in music, language or race is no barrier! Wish you your family and loved ones health and strength to keep on inspiring ue all with such magic.
Love the Percussion instrument
Grandes artistas.CILENIA BRASIL.AMO TODAS AS MELODIAS.ELA CANTA COMO UM ROUXINOL
Qué vozzzzz!! Única y frescura de vida se siente en esa mujercitaaaaa!! ❤️
Total passion in her profession, total expression of emotions through music,magic!
muhteşem muhteşem muhteşem
My man on the harp xylophone knows how to shred.
lots of love from india❤️👍🏻.music is life