Poetry and Sleep

Israeli Poems

עייפה בובה זהבה
 
מילים: מרים ילן שטקליס.
לחן: צבי קפלן.
 
עֲייֵפָה בֻּבָּה זֶהָבָה
וְעָייֵף מְאוֹד הַדֹּב.
הַצְּלָלִים לַחֶדֶר בָּאוּ
לוֹחֲשִׁים לִי "לַיְלָה טוֹב".

בַּמִּטָּה שׁוֹכֶבֶת נוּרִית
עַל יָדָהּ יוֹשֵׁב דֻּבּוֹן
וְכַדּוּר וְגַם אַרְנֶבֶת
וְכֻולָּם רוֹצִים לִישֹׁן.

אַךְ לְפֶתַע קָמָה נוּרִית
"אַבָּא, אַבָּא", הִיא קוֹרְאָה,
"בּוֹא מַהֵר, גָּרֵשׁ הַחֹשֶׁךְ,
הוּא מַפְרִיעַ, יֶלֶד רַע".

צָחֲקָה בֻּבָּה זֶהָבָה
וְצָחַק מְאוֹד הַדֹּב:
לָמָּה לְגָרֵשׁ הַחֹשֶׁךְ?
וַהֲרֵי הוּא יֶלֶד טוֹב!
 
 
This is a very famous Israeli song, a lullaby that was written by a writer who couldn’t have any kids of her own, but wrote plenty of songs and stories for kids, that became a classic in Israeli literature.
For some of them, including this one, music was written for, making them even better known and loved.
 
Goldilocks the Doll is Tired
 
Lyrics: Miriam Yalan-Stekelis
Music: Tsvi Kaplan

Goldilocks the doll is tired
The bear is very tired too.
Shadows came into the room,
Whispering to me: ’good night’.
 
In the bed Nurit is ling,
Next to her lies teddy bear
And a ball and a rabbit
And they all want to sleep.
 
But suddenly Nurit gets up,
‘Daddy! Daddy!’ she calls.
‘come quick, make the dark go away,
he is misbehaving, bad boy!
 
Laughed Goldilocks the doll,
And the teddy bear laughed very much.
‘Why make the dark go away?
He is a good boy!

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