Shir Ha’Mea (Song of the Century) – Ofra Haza (1987)

Описание: Lyrics and music: Efi Netzer
Adaptation: Nancy Brandis
Originally from a radio record from 1987. The song was written to mark the 100 years of industry in the Land of Israel. Ofra is accompanied by the chorus of the Haifa Refineries.

Lyrics (English translation):

This is a song for the entrepreneur, for the perfecter of the product
For the farmer, for the milk man
This is a song for the engineer, the draftsman, the singer
And with that mouth we will sing from the heart
For the airplane designer, for the textile worker
For the manager of the carpentry factory
For those who pour the steel, who drill the missile
For all these we will sing and sing

Be a real singer for the workers, who sang a song for the producers
Sing praises for the exporter, how a hundred years have passed
Be a real singer for the factory, give respect for the creation
Sing a song of great hope for industrial life

Life is work, work is life
It is our bread that changes generation after generation
We will be wise and strong and pleasant people
On our face all the good will pass
This is the song of songs about a century gone by
In which we have come this far together
This is how we will walk hand in hand towards another century
To an independent and solid future
To work and work, to work and work

Be a real singer for the workers, who sang a song for the producers
Sing praises for the exporter, how a hundred years have passed
Be a real singer for the factory, give respect for the creation
Sing a song of great hope for industrial life