Original Music
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Dances that are usually done to an adapted version of the music.
The adaptation is usually a Hebrew version of the lyrics set to the original melody, sometimes a translation but often just similar-sounding words. Dances typically done to the original music aren't listed here, even if the lyrics aren't in Hebrew.
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Dance Name | Original Name | Language | Translation | Lyricist / Composer | Notes/Links |
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Adon Olam | La Femme de Mon Ami | French | My Friend's Wife | René Blanc, Jacques Demarny, Enrico Macias | Sung by Enrico Macias |
Agadat HaSultan | Μέσ της πόλης τα στενά | Greek | Alleyways of Istanbul | Spyros Peristeris(?) / Giannis Papaioannou(?) | sung by Stella Haskil; another version |
Ahava Asura | Elle était si jolie | French | She Was So Pretty | Alain Barrière | watch |
Al Titni Lo | El Camino | Spanish | The Road | Gipsy Kings | watch |
Amru Lo | Azzurro | Italian | Blue | Paolo Conte & Vito Pallavicini / Paolo Conte & Michele Virano | sung by Adriano Celentano |
Ani Bach Shavui | Πάω απόψε να τρελαθώ | Greek | I'm Going To Go Crazy Tonight | Kosmas / Savvas Iliadis | sung by Giorgos Giannias; lyrics |
Ani Chozer HaBayta | Lasciatemi Cantare | Italian | Let Me Sing | Toto Cutugno | performed by the composer; lyrics (with translations) |
At Oti Shofetet | Άντε Γεια | Greek | Goodbye | Panos Falaras / Kostas Miliotakis | performed by Kaiti Garbi; Greek lyrics |
BaAviv At Tashuvi Chazara | Au printemps tu reviendras | French | In the Spring, You Will Return | Charles Aznavour | listen |
BeSof Ma'agal | At the End of the Circle | English | Kenny Young | more information here | |
Chad Gadya | Alla Fiera dell'Est | Italian | At the Eastern Fair | Luisa Zappa / Angelo Branduardi | performed by Branduardi; more info |
Chalom O Shanayim | Τα Παιδιά του Πειραιά | Greek | The Children of Piraeus | Manos Hadjidakis | performed by Melina Mercouri. The song Never on Sunday also uses this music. |
Chalon Mashkif | زَينة / عزيزة | Arabic | Zeina / Aziza | Mohammed Abdel Wahad | Listen to Zeina Listen to Aziza |
Cheruti | Libertà | Italian | Freedom | Albano Carrisi & Romina Power | sung by Al Bano & Romina |
HaShoshana Porachat | Los Bilbilicos (La Rosa Enflorese) | Ladino | The Little Nightingales | folk | sung; Also in English The Swallow by Richard Fariña |
Ilu Tsiporim | Si tous les oiseaux | French | If All the Birds | Jean Broussolle / Jean-Pierre Calvet | listen (with French lyrics) |
Irisim | Γύρισε | Greek | performed by Nikos Gounaris | ||
Isha Al Hachof | Τώρα που πας στην ξενιτιά | Greek | Now You Go to Foreign Lands | Nikos Gatsos / Manos Hadjidakis | sung by Nana Mouskouri |
Kachol | Far From Home | English | (instrumental) / folk (Shetlands?) | listen | |
Keshenavo | Τι θέλεις, γέρο; | Greek | What Do You Want, Old Man? | Giorgos Kalamariotis / Argyris Kounadis | sung by Rena Koumiwti |
Kmo SheAt | Comme Toi | French | Like You | Jean-Jacques Goldman | performed by the artist; lyrics (with translation) |
Kmo Sira Trufa | Μετανιώνω | Greek | I Regret | Natalia Germanou / Tony Kontaxakis | sung by Despina Vandi |
Kulanu BaMitzad | В Путь! | Russian | Let's Go! | Mikhail Dudin / Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi | performed by the Russian Red Army Choir |
Le'ehov Im Efshar | दीदी तेरा देवर दीवाना | Hindi | Sister, Your Brother-in-Law is Crazy | Dev Kohli / Raamlaxman | performed in Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! |
Lech L'Sfat HaYam | Puttin' On the Ritz | English | Irving Berlin | Astaire; Taco | |
Leylot Shel Ahava | Μίλησέ μου | Greek | Talk to Me | Nikos Gatsos / Manos Hatzidakis | listen, lyrics |
Lu | Slave | French | Slavic | Jean-Marie Moreau / François Feldman | listen; lyrics |
MiGavo'a | From a Distance | English | Julie Gold | sung by Bette Midler (with lyrics) | |
Nitsots HaAhava | Οι δυ' πα στέλιο έζησα μ' | Greek | Performed by Stelios Kazantzidis | ||
Numa Numa Hey | Dragostea Din Tei | Romanian | Love from the Lindens | Dan Bălan | Official video from O-Zone |
Od Nashuv | North to Alaska | English | Johnny Horton | Performed by Johnny Horton | |
Ohevet Ozevet | Κραυγή | Greek | Scream | Nikos Karvelas | sung by Anna Vissi |
Rikud HaYare'ach | Moondance | English | Van Morrison | sung by the composer | |
Rina | Сердце | Russian | The Heart | Vasily Levedev-Kumach/Isaac Dunaievsky | listen |
Rona | زحمة | Arabic | Crowded | Hassan Abu 'Atman / Hany Shanouda | performed by Ahmad 'Adaweyah; much more information here |
Shalom Lach Eretz Nehederet | City of New Orleans | English | Steve Goodman | performed by Arlo Guthrie | |
Shecharchoret | Morenica | Ladino | Little Dark Beauty | folk | sung by Mor Karbasi; lyrics & translation |
Shir Al Etz (Al Haderech Etz Omed) | אויפֿן וועג שטייט אַ בוים | Yiddish | Song About a Tree (On the Road Stands a Tree) | Itzik Manger / Philip Laskowsky | perfomed and stories of the poem |
Shir HaShayara | Τα παιδια τησ άμυνασ | Greek | Nikos Gatsos / Stavros Xarchakos | sung by Nikos Dimitratos | |
Shir Megaresh et HaChoshech | Гогов Шен Ки Генацвале | Georgian | You, Girl, My Beloved | Georgian folk | listen here; and a techno version |
Siman She'Ata Tsa'ir | Whiskey in the Jar | English | Irish folk | listen | |
Simlatech Hashzurah | Молодежная | Russian | Youth | Vasily Lebedev-Kumach / Isaac Dunaevsky | listen performed in 1938 Russian movie Volga-Volga |
Sonata | Tango to Évora | (instrumental) | Loreena McKennit | the original; much more info here | |
Susati Ve'Ani | Песня старого извозчика | Russian | Old Coachman's song | Yaroslav Rodionov/Nikita Bogoslovsky, 1941 | listen |
Tchol HaMitpachat | Синий платочек | Russian | The Blue Handerchief | Yakov Galitsky/Yezhy Peterburgsky | listen |
Tni Li | Ελένη | Greek | Eleni (girl's name) | Nikos Karvelas | sung by Anna Vissi; lyrics |
Todah | Ολα καλα | Greek | It's All Good | Stavros Kougioumtzis | listen |
Yaldati (Pnei Malach) | Το τραγούδι μου | Greek | My Song | Stelios Fotiadis | sung by Glykeria; lyrics |