DESCRIPTION:
✦ mah yihyeh - Zehava Ben
מה יהיה? (What Will Be) (1994)
original song: No Volvere by Gipsy Kings
Singer: Zehava Ben
lyrics: Avihu Medinah
Album: Buddha Bar I CD1 (Dinner) (1999)
Genre: Mizrahi
Country: Israel
Language: Hebrew


✦ lyrics translation:

What will be?
What will be? she asked Him ....
an eastern wind blew,
the heat increased!
What will be?
What will be? He then asked her ....
a great land cried for her,
the heat declined ....
Well what?
Well, is this going to be our end, anyway?
for life is hard like a rocky ground ....
Well what?
Well, what will be our terrible end?
here .... among the mountain’s stones,
between sweet and bitter?
What will be?
What will be? ... what will be, Almighty God?!
so sad are our lives ....
our cry is bitter!
What will be?
What will be? God! please forgive us!
Come pray for us,
give us comfort! ...
Well what?...............

✦ versions of the same song:

* Spanish: Gipsy Kings - No Volvere (1991)
* Turkish: Tarkan - Vazgeçemem (1992)
* Greek: Antypas - Den Koimamai/Arage (1994)
* Hebrew: Zehava Ben - Ma Yihiye (1994)
* Romani: Ahmet Rasimov - Asva (1995)
* Serbian: Branislav Mojičević - Ostavi Me Neće Boleti (2005)
* Arabic: Amer Mounib - Kalam (2008)

ma yiyeh | Zehava Ben | Buddha Bar