Let there be Light in Babylon!
Lyrics:
“Mi ze yoshev bechalomi
Mechalomi el chaloni
Matai taboha ahuvi
Mechalomi el chaloni
Matai, matai
Matai tashuv elai
Veim tizke
Lirot et ziv panai
Ze ahuvi min hamidbar
Ze ahuvi min hametzulot
Ani yodaat ze mikvar
Sheahuvi rav maalot
Matay, matai
Matai tashuv elai
Veim tizke
Lirot et ziv panai
Eheye lecha keshvil chalav
Lecha adlik shmei kochav
Ve lo eshev ve lo eshkot
Ad sheata oti tohav
Matay, matai
Matai tashuv elai
Veim tizke
Lirot et ziv panai
Im metziut o chalom
Hu ahuvi
Ha ahava
Hi zot shebilvavi”
Lyrics: Michal Elia Kamal
Composition: Michal Elia Kamal, Julien Demarque, Mete Çiftçi
Lyrics source (and for lyrics translation in English):
This Interview with ‘Light In Babylon’ (who are street musicians based in Istanbul, Turkey) sheds some light on the group’s origins, multi-ethnic makeup and multi-cultural influences:
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