Eli, Eli by Hannah Szenes

Susan Salidor sings this song, the title of which means "Oh Lord, My God." The lyrics were written by Hannah Szenes, a Jewish heroine of World War II, who was killed after being captured in Hungary, during an effort to save Allied prisoners of war and organize Jewish resistance. The music was composed by David Zehavi and the song is copyrighted by Mifalei Tarbuth Vechinuch.
Eli, Eli,
Shelo yigamer leolam,
Ha-hol v'ha-yam,
Rishrush shel ha-mayim,
Barak bashamayim,
Tfilat ha-adam.
(Translation)
Oh Lord, my God,
I pray that these things never end,
The sand and the sea,
The rush of the water,
The crash of the heavens,
The prayer of the heart.

[@York22]

this is one of my favorite prayers.

[@healthyshoppingchoices4303]

Thus is our last day in Cozumel Mexico, where the sand and the sea is right next to us. This song started running through my mind. Beautiful!

[@irilight]

Beautiful.. Thank you.. Glad to have it in both languages..

[@SusanSalidor]

Spectacular. I love Susan's voice.

[@irilight]

So Beautiful.. Thank you..

[@petermerai4680]

Beautiful!

[@SusanSalidor]

Thanks, you taught me something.

[@baughman1209]

beautiful

[@sabradan]

Just a quick nit-pick: 'Eli Eli' simply means 'My God, My God', not 'Oh Lord, My God'.

[@sabradan]

@SecretShad0w I also agree. She sounds good...but her Hebrew is definately far from perfect and has a distinctly 'Amerikai' accent. Also, just wanted to correct the translation from the info bar: 'Eli, Eli' means 'My God, My God' not 'Oh, Lord, My God'.

[@SusanSalidor]

@sabradan Thanks for the clarification. Your explanation was very helpful. Jay Rehak

[@SusanSalidor]

Is it possible that Hebrew pronunciaton would vary by region?

[@sabradan]

@JayCr1 Not really. I mean, Israel is such a small country there isn't much regional variation. I mean, there is SOME but it is so subtle that it is almost unnoticeable to someone who isn't a native speaker. Also, the more variation in modern spoken Hebrew is by where your family is from, ethnically, than anything else. Those people who are 'mizrachi' (i.e. families are from the Arab world, some people would call them 'arab jews') pronounce certain things in a much more distinctly arabic way

[@SusanSalidor]

@Janice2005 Who is Janice?

[@2SpaceTraveller2]

this cover is okay, i much rather Shlomo Gronich's one

[@Janice2005]

not bad, but janice does it better.