by Immanuel ben David Frances (1618 - c1710)
את אחזה חנה
Language: Hebrew Transliteration
Eit echezeh Chana b'or zoeiach, eit Naami azkir k'lil tiferetnafshi b'yad Chana hachi voeret, ul'Naami ruchi k'eish kodeiach! Bishtei s'ipim hin'ni foseiach: Chana k'hayom bit'hi ligveret; Gam Naami bimit mol soreret. An, ahava, mimeik ehi voreicach? Ha, ki k'mo var'zel b'varzel yachad, heishek b'heishek chud' du kif'layim, al kein s'ipai pachadu sham pachad, Lach, ahava, omar p'rus k'payim: o li sh'neilibot t' nigam yachad, o et l'vavi bat'ri lishnayim. Chana, Naami? Naami, Chana?
Text Authorship:
- by Immanuel ben David Frances (1618 - c1710) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "את אחזה חנה", 1991, from Three Songs of Immanuel Frances, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2024-07-13
Line count: 15
Word count: 73