בַּשָּׁנָה הַבָּאָה | baShanah haBa’ah (Next Year), an elegy by Ehud Manor for his brother killed during the War of Attrition (1968)

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Unknown (translation), Ehud Manor and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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Rosh haShanah (l’Maaseh Bereshit), Mourning, Nirtsah, War

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20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., elegies, lamentation, Prayers as poems, קינות Ḳinōt, War of Attrition, ישראל Yisrael

Source (Hebrew)	Translation (English)
בַּשָּׁנָה הַבָּאָה נֵשֵׁב עַל הַמִּרְפֶּסֶת וְנִסְפֹּר צִפֳּרִים נוֹדְדוֹת	Next year We’ll sit on the porch And count migrating birds
יְלָדִים בְּחֻפְשָׁה יְשַׂחֲקוּ תּוֹפֶסֶת בֵין הַבַּיִת לְבֵין הַשָּׂדוֹת.	Children on vacation Will play tag Between the house and the fields.
עוֹד תִּרְאֶה עוֹד תִּרְאֶה כַּמָּה טוֹב יִהְיֶה בַּשָּׁנָה בַּשָּׁנָה הַבָּאָה	You will yet see, you will yet see How good it will be Next year.
עֲנָבִים אֲדֻמִּים יַבְשִׁילוּ עַד הָעֶרֶב וְיֻגְּשׁוּ צוֹנְנִים לַשֻּׁלְחָן	Red grapes Will ripen till the evening And will be served chilled to the table.
וְרוּחוֹת רְדוּמִים יִשְׂאוּ אֶל אֵם הַדֶּרֶךְ עִתּוֹנִים יְשָׁנִים וְעָנָן	And languid winds Will carry to the crossroads Old newspapers and a cloud.
בַּשָּׁנָה הַבָּאָה נִפְרֹשׂ כַּפּוֹת יָדַיִם מוּל הָאוֹר הַנִּגָּר הַלָּבָן	Next year We will spread out our hands Towards the radiant light.
אֲנָפָה לְבָנָה תִּפְרֹשׂ בָּאוֹר כְּנָפַיִם וְהַשֶּׁמֶשׁ תִּזְרַח בְּתוֹכָן	A white heron Like a light will spread her wings And within them the sun will rise.
עוֹד תִּרְאֶה…	You will yet see…

“baShanah haBa’ah” (Next Year) by Ehud Manor (1941-2005) was first published in 1970 as sung with music by Nurit Hirsch and performed by the duo Ilan & Ilanit (Hanna Dresner-Tzakh and Shlomo Zach). The song was written by Manor in memory of his younger brother, Yehuda Wiener (1949-1968), who was killed in a tank battle by Egyptian gunfire in the Sinai Desert during the War of Attrition. We are not certain whether the English translation appearing in David Breakstone and Cindy Jochnowitz’s The Israel Experience Book (1977), p.242, was by Manor or remains uncredited.

Source(s)

“Bashana haBa’ah” by Ehud Manor (The Israel Experience Book 1977), p.242

Unknown (translation)

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Ehud Manor

Ehud Manor (אהוד מנור; born Ehud Weiner; July 13, 1941 – April 12, 2005) was an acclaimed Israeli lyricist, translator, poet and radio and TV personality. He is widely considered to have been Israel's most prolific lyricist of all time, having written or translated over 1,000 songs. In 1998, he was awarded the Israel Prize for his exceptional contributions to Israeli music.

Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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