#mizrahit

Sincerely,

a Mizrahi.

That's all.

Also here's HaTzel fanart.

מי לי יתן שתי אהבות כקדם

Who will give me two loves as before

כך אתחזק בעצב הנעורים

thus I'll gather strength in the sorrow of youth.

מי לי יתן שתי אבוקות של זהר

Who will give me two torches of glow

כך אדלק כנוער האהבה

thus I'll light up as the youth of love.

גלגל הזמן גולש

The cycle of time boils over

ואיש לאיש לוחש

and a person whispers to another

תראה הזמן עבר

look, time has passed

הזמן עבר

time has passed.

מי לי יתן שתי עלמות של חמד

Who will give me two delightful maidens

שתי עלמות בחסד השקיעה

two maides at the grace of sun-down.

מי לי יתן חטא מחייך בבוקר

Who will give me sin smiles in the morning

חטא מחייך באושר האהבה

sin smiles in the bliss of love.

גלגל הזמן גולש...

The cycle of time boils over... (x2)

מי לי יתן

In case that you don't know this already, the word asli means "authentic" or "original" in Arabic. In Hebrew slang, it is often used to describe anything authentically oriental.

So this truly asli version of the Radiohead's classic is the product of collaboration between Rotem Shefey(vocals), and Leat Sabbah(Cello), two Tel-Avivi musicians that were studying together in Rimon School of Jazz & Contemporary Music in Tel-Aviv. Their project's Kickstarter page says:

"What seemed at first a satirical cover transformed into a full-blown multi-layered middle-eastern arrangement, recorded with oud player Yaniv Taichmann, percussionist Ori Dekel. The track was recorded at Bardo Studios in Tel Aviv by Avi Ein Zur"

They successfully crowd-sourced 1,939 dollars for the production of a musical-video for the track. The result was a video-clip with more than 887,000 views on YouTube.

Was it worth it? The responses of my friends vary between - "wow, this is so awesome!" to "what is this shit?"