Original Music

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
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
BaChof Shel Trapatoni	Μια νύχτα μόνο δεν φτάνει	Greek	Just One Night is Not Enough	Sotis Volanis & Panos Kamelis	sung by Sotis Volanis
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 Shnayim	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 (lyric subtitles) by Al Bano & Romina
El Elohei Shamayim	Ένα το χελιδόνι	Greek	One Single Swallow	Mikis Theodorakis	sung by Gregory Bithikotsis; lyrics/translation
Gan Chorpi	Jardin d'Hiver	French	Winter Garden	Benjamin Biolay & Keren Ann	sung by Keren Ann; more info here
HaAviv	Le printemps	French	The Spring	Michel Fugain & Le Big Bazar	watch
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; lyrics
Irisim	Γύρισε	Greek	Come Back!	Nikos Fatseas / Giannis Vella	Performed by Nikos Gounaris, by Stella Greca; lyrics
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	sung by Nana Mouskouri (with English subtitles), lyrics
Lu	Slave	French	Slavic	Jean-Marie Moreau / François Feldman	listen; lyrics
Lu Yehi	Let It Be	English		Paul McCartney	watch
Mariposa	Έλα και πάμε	Greek	Come, Let's Go	Viki Gerothodorou / Dimitris Dekos	sung by Nikos Vertis; more info here
MeEver LaKeshet	Somewhere Over the Rainbow	English		Harold Arlen / Yip Harburg	performed by Judy Garland
MiGavo'a	From a Distance	English		Julie Gold	Performed by Bette Midler
Nitzotz HaAhava	Οι δυ' πα στέλιο έζησα μ'	Greek			Performed by Stelios Kazantzidis and Chrysanthos Theodoridis
Numa Numa Hey	Dragostea Din Tei	Romanian	Love Under the Linden Tree	Dan Bălan	Official video from O-Zone, with lyrics, translation
Od Nashuv	North to Alaska	English		Johnny Horton	Performed by Johnny Horton
Ohevet Ozevet	Κραυγή	Greek	Scream	Nikos Karvelas	sung by Anna Vissi
Perach Leyli	Capullito de Alelí	Spanish	Little Lily Bud	Rafael Hernández Marín	sung by Guillermo Haidr; lyrics and translation
Pilpel U'Batatav	Дилмано дилберо (Dilmano Dilbero)	Bulgarian	Beautiful Dilmana		performed by Bulgarian Voices Berlin
Rafsoda	Ανάθεμά σε	Greek	Damn you	Yannis Kotsiras	sung by composer, performed by Nina Kallergi among many others
Regesh Me'urav	Borino Oro	(Balkan)	(instrumental)	Stefan Hantel (Shantel)	listen
Rikud Obsession	Obsesión	Spanish	Obsession	Aventura	listen (click for lyrics)
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
Saper Al Ahava	Ποτέ, ποτέ, ποτέ	Greek	Never, Never, Never	Nikos Ignatiadis	sung by Giannis Parios and Eleni Dimou (incl. Greek lyrics)
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 παιδιά της άμυνας	Greek	Children of Defense	Nikos Gatsos / Stavros Xarchakos	sung by Nikos Dimitratos; lyrics/translation
Shir Megaresh et HaChoshech	გოგოვ შენ კი გენაცვალე	Georgian	You, Girl, My Beloved	Georgian folk	watch here; more information and other versions here
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 (partner)	Ελένη	Greek	Eleni (girl's name)	Nikos Karvelas	sung by Anna Vissi; lyrics
Todah	Ολα καλα	Greek	It's All Good	Stavros Kougioumtzis	listen
VeShuv Itchem	Sev Kardeşim	Turkish	Brotherly Love	Nurit Hirsh / Şenay Yüzbaşıoğlu	sung by Şenay (with lyrics); another version; note that the original is Hebrew, so this is a "reverse" cover; more information
Yaldati (Pnei Malach)	Το τραγούδι μου	Greek	My Song	Stelios Fotiadis	sung by Glykeria; lyrics/translation
Yam HaMishalot	Και πώς να κοιμηθώ	Greek	And How Will I Sleep?	Nikos Vaksevanelis / Vasilis Kelaidis	sung by Christos Pazis
Zingarella	Zingarela	French	(girl's name)	Enrico Macias	lyrics; sung by Macias on top of Gina Lollobrigida dancing in The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Ziv Zeh	Γίνεται	Greek	It's Possible	Pantelis Pantelidis	sung by Pantelidis; lyrics/translation