Yael Naim - Levater

[magdalena230179]

WSPOMNIENA Z OVIEDO  ;)

[billy16801]

I dont understand...But I love it...

-Closes my eyes as the music washes all the worries of the day-



[RIKITIroo]

i love this song i hate the fact i cant understand the comments even though i know there good :( :)

[superfluouslyme]

I don't speak a word of Hebrew, but this song is still beautiful.

[92sav]

so beautiful...

[210719981]

ceux qui  n'aiment pas ne savent pas ce qui est beau

[ABH1212]

@210719981 bien - parce que ce n'est que une parcent XD on voit que le monde sait bien ce qui est beau. :D

[AngieCrazyful]

qué bonitaaa

[NenaLaVida]

2 people hate that they can't appreciate how beautiful the song is in another language.  :D

[rockprincessmt239]

My finger violated the replay button :D

[litmibimi]

toda raba! <3

[ConfessorEX]

WHAT IS SHE SAYING

[OZewse]

3 people don't know how to appreciate foreign language in it's most beautiful form.

[magdalena230179]

JESLI SIE POJAWILAS TO JESTES ZLEM BO ZABRALAS....MOJE WSPANIALE DNI I WSPOMNIENIA....MUZYKA TA KOJARZY MI SIE Z KONCEM.....I ROZSTANIEM...O-G

[nippofilica]

Such a beautiful song and such powerful lyrics! Thank you so very much for the translation. Obrigada!!! (thanx in portuguese)

[chainRINGU]

Yael Naim is absolutely gorgeous in every way.

[nehdar]

i'm in love with this song.

[atomicmage6]

is this french or italian?

[iLikewaffles121]

@atomicmage6 Neither. It's Hebrew.

[dbkeay]

@atomicmage6

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lol French or Italian

[lollipopmoral]

no , lol

It's in hebrew

[iMaayan]

@atomicmage6 hebrew (:

[karolinamaff]

most bful lanugage ever ;)

[o0TreeGirl0o]

Is this Chinese? I thought I could understand parts.

[pacyfa12]

@o0TreeGirl0o No, it's absolutely not Chinese, it's Jidysz! :) language of Jews , "Żydowski" 4me. :d

[Qualquappe]

@pacyfa12 uuuhm no.. it's not yiddish.. it's hebrew..

[pacyfa12]

@Qualquappe Are you sure? Possible, I don't know, but it must be one of these languages :D

By the way, I love Yael Naim, she's awesome :)

[MsHeyoka]

@pacyfa12 It is most definitely Hebrew. The modern dialect that is currently spoken in Israel

[pacyfa12]

@o0TreeGirl0o Sorry, I wrote this badly, it's "Yiddish", for you, if you're from England or USA.

[Fl0werp0werz]

toda raba!

(I know some words in hebrew, but I don't know how to write it ;) Haha.

[ForksWA98331]

So beautifullll

[unacosamariposa]

amazing...

[sistaspooky1013]

honest and sincere

so beautiful

[laurathefairy]

ooh, thanks for the translation ! : )

I love it too.

[rebelgirl121314]

i love her song. i cnt understand them, but there stil beautiful.

[yogensha]

English Translation:

How much anger have I kept especially for you?

You are dear to me

How much bitterness have I collected especially for you?

You are dearest to me

I wanted to know how to concede to you

[woodcut123]

@yogensha Thank you, she has a beautiful voice and the songs in english i really enjoy and understand. I appreciate the translation anyways

[yogensha]

How many thoughts, parting, hate?

In the middle of all this grows for us love

How many stories over the years?

If only I had known how transparent I was to you

I wanted to know how to lie to you

How many times have you forgiven me?

Did I forgive you too?

[yogensha]

It was the clear words that got away from me, slipping beneath language

I wanted to know how to talk with you

I wanted to know how to tell you

I wanted to know how to be for you

I wanted to know how to move you

I wanted to know how to love you

[chessbug3]

beautiful...

[Luvmichaelcastro]

I love her songs they are amazing even though i cant understand what she is saying yet.

[loketron]

thank you much

wish anyone could translate!

eh?eh?eh? eh......

[Seeedislife]

it doesn't matter, how often i listen to this song, i always forget a few minutes after listening to it, how it sounds, and have to listen to it again and again.. it's so beautiful

[iluvfredandjkl11]

This song is AWESOME! I t's my favorite song!!!! I know a lot of hebrew.

[kasara91987]

so what is she talking about?

[RasMajnouni]

"I wanted to give myself up to you and for you"

[ogul84]

This song is so beautiful. I don't have a clue what it's about and I don't want to know. The mystery keeps me wondering and coming back. That's whats great about listening to a song written in a foreign language.

[AiLoveMusic]

This song is so beautiful, and all of her other songs too

[torytv]

im trying 2 learn hebrew. it is beautiful. yaels music is so wonderful.

[freesonger]

can you write the hebreu lyrics please ? Because I don't find it anywhere on internet. I think hebreu language is beautiful

[dnselmer]

Kama keasim shamarti bimyuchad lecha

Ata yakar li

Kama merirut asafti bimyuchad bishvilcha

Ata hachi yakar li

Ratsiti ladaat levater lecha

Kama machshavot preda sina betoch kol ze tsomachat lanu ahava

Kama sipurim leorech hashanim im rak yadati kama ani shkufa lecha

Ratsiti ladaat leshaker lecha

[nehdar]

than you a lot

[dnselmer]

Kama peamim salachta li

Haim ani salachti gam lecha

Davka hamilim habehirot hechliku li mimeni mitachat lasafa

Ratsiti ladaat ledaber itcha

Ratsiti ladaat lesaper lecha

Ratsiti ladaat lihiyot lecha

Ratsiti ladaat leragesh otcha

Ratsiti ladaat leehov otcha

[freesonger]

thank you or toda ^^

[StripedxSocks]

I have no idea what she is saying, but this has got to be one of the most beautiful songs in the world.

[Diganiga]

I'm Israeli... and she sucks!

[linzorg]

never knew that this many people knew her music... thought i was her only fan!!!!

[danielchristiaens]

Indeed, I think Apple used one of her songs in the ad for their new laptop or something

[vanana10]

yeah it was "new soul" for the add for the macbook air

[oddballfilmsindustry]

this song makes me cry. It's so sad!!

[natansepitaph]

Eizeh Yofi. Todah Rabah <3

[PauRosen]

Metzuian! Iafa!!

[sapevi]

Awesome! have just known her music and I am enchanted.

[m0she4]

one of those stars that start's to shine on our way... Her voice make me feel good her music makes me feel in peace with my self.

Thank you for those songs that are just the sweetness of my days

[goleafsgo678]

wtf

[cheesepuff5292]

is the entire cd in english? cuz if it's no, i don't want to buy it...

[sydlivy]

i'm soooooo happy i finally got her cd! ooooh its awesome! she rocks this song.toxic, and new soul are my favorites! =D <3

[nemako23]

Is this hebrew?

[hila2222]

yeah it's hebrew

[shotsilly]

it's actually called yiddish if you're speaking it. hebrew is the writing.

[CholTaaim]

Um, no. Hebrew and Yiddish are two very different languages.

[shotsilly]

Sorry I know for a fact they aren't.

[CholTaaim]

What aren't?

[shotsilly]

Hebrew and Yiddish are the same language. Hebrew is the writing and Yiddish is the speech. Look it up.

[CholTaaim]

My grandfather and my mother speak Yiddish, my father and I speak Hebrew. They are not the same language.

[natansepitaph]

I am israely, 100%. I speak fluent hebrew and barely any yiddish. They are absolutely different languages.

[xXmilkieXx]

You and your facts fail. Hebrew is a very different language than Yiddish.

[SilverWingling]

Yiddish and Hebrew are two different languages. Yiddish is a mix of Hebrew, Polish, and German, and is written in the same alphabet as Hebrew, and they share some of the same words.

[natansepitaph]

Im Israely. Thats absolutely not true. Yiddish is a completely different language.

[zaznow]

i've wanted to know to lie to you x4

how much times did you forgave me

did i forgave to you to

specifically the bright words

slided from me to under my lip

i've wanted to know to love you x4

yes i know the sentence

i've wanted to know to talk to you sounds kinda strange...

but so is in hebrew

love this song!

[zaznow]

So much anger i saveded especially for you you are important to me so much bitterness i've collected especially for you you are the "espacelliest" for me i've wanted to know to give up to you x4 so much thoughts break up hatred inside all of this grows to us love so much stories over the years just if i knew how much i'm clear to you

[excessivelyconfused]

Hebrew is such a beautiful language.

[shadeybabe3]

yael naim kicks ass!!!!!!

[einatushs]

I wanted to know how to speak with you....x4

i wanted to know how to tell you..

i wanted to be for you,

i wanted to excite you

i wanted to know how to love you..."

[nehdar]

thank you

[einatushs]

How much thoughts, seperation, hate,and within all this, love grows for us

So much stories all over the years...

if only I knew how much I am transparent for you

I wanted to know how to lie to you...X2

How much times you forgave me, Did I forgive you? It was the clear words that got away from me, slipping beneath my lip...

[einatushs]

Ok, I tries to translate it, the best I could....!:D

"How much angers I have saved especially for you...you're dear to me.

How much bitterness haver I gathered especially for you....

You're dear to me.

I wanted to know how to give you up....

I wanted to know how to give you up....

[Ventus38]

Another beautiful song from Yaël Naim.

[misscupi22]

Definitively my fav'.

Luv that song, the voice, the lyrics, the music (violin !!!!)

[erbost]

Toda raba!!!

[nehdar]

i adore this song

[BlackBloodedGirl1017]

bonjour... that's all u know. ^-^ I went buy the CD yesterday at first i thought she was saying "dark leather belt"

[mompeef]

"Bonjour" is French. Yael Naim is singing this song in Hebrew. Just thought I'd point that out... I don't speak Hebrew either, though -- I just know it when I hear it.

[poppet85]

this song is only made that much better by knowing what she is saying! i love this song!

[expat20002000]

The most moving peice of music I have heard in years. I really dont think I want to know what she is singing about it somehow adds to it for me not understanding

[cdebel2005]

I agree. I think that her voice explain everything.

[gravitrug]

levatel is to cancel, levater is to give up or to forego

[ommy44]

i cannot find the lyrics to this song ANYWHERE

[mysticpsi]

I'm bad at exact translations, and i feel if i gave them it might ruin the beauty of this song... but she's singing about how expensive her love is to her love... the first two verses goes:

how many pockets did i save specifically for you,

you're expensive for me

I believe levater means to cancel... and i think she's saying she wants to cancel him... but i might be mistaken in this... sorry... anyone else want to give it a shot?

i really love her voice, and the melancholy beauty, phew... :)

[natansepitaph]

Levater is to give up- so she is saying "I wanted to know how to give up on you"- the second verse, is "I wanted to know how to lie to you" (leshaker, from sheker, lie). The final verse is "I wanted to know how to talk with you, I wanted to know how to explain to you, to be with you, to ask of you- to love you with you" if you want additional translation, ask me [= (lived in Tel-Aviv for two years [=

[nerdchild]

how do you say "i wanted to know how to give up on you" in the language that it's in in the song? like what are the lyrics to that part?

[natansepitaph]

ratziti lada'at levater lecha

technically it means "i wanted to know how to give up "to you" but hebrew and english are constructed differently, and it makes sense in hebrew although it doesn't in english.  (Any israels reading this and think im wrong, lemme know, its been a few years since i left israel)

[Didleeios88]

levater lecha does mean 'give up to you' like you translated but does not mean 'give up on you'. It means that she wants to give up some of her anger and bitterness towards him. I think it is pretty clear from the rest of the song that she isn't giving up on him

[trogenus]

Does anyone have the translation?

[shmaria]

Wow...Awesome!