{"id":13105,"date":"2019-01-14T16:12:19","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T14:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/2019\/01\/14\/shlomo-artzi-new-land"},"modified":"2019-04-10T09:07:43","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T07:07:43","slug":"shlomo-artzi-new-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/2019\/01\/14\/shlomo-artzi-new-land\/","title":{"rendered":"Shlomo Artzi: New Land"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"embed\"><iframe width=\"1170\" height=\"878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TwB_XIt9zqs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<p><em>Released during the First Intifada,<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/TwB_XIt9zqs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> this song<\/a> is written as a continuous conversation between fathers and sons over the course of generations as they journey toward &#8220;a new land.&#8221; The lyrics, provided below in English, subtly explore controversial issues in Israeli society, such as the desire to conquer new land, lack of contact with and understanding of the Arab neighbors, questions of ethics and morality, and the hope for a better future.\u00a0<\/em><em>See the Hebrew lyrics of the chorus below and the complete Hebrew lyrics<a href=\"https:\/\/shironet.mako.co.il\/artist?type=lyrics&amp;lang=1&amp;prfid=975&amp;wrkid=464\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u05d9\u05e9 \u05dc\u05d9 \u05d0\u05d9\u05e9\u05d4, \u05d6\u05d0\u05ea \u05d0\u05de\u05d0 \u05e9\u05dc\u05da<br \/>\n\u05e0\u05d9\u05e1\u05e2, \u05e0\u05d9\u05e1\u05e2, \u05d0\u05d5\u05dc\u05d9 \u05e0\u05d2\u05d9\u05e2 \u05e2\u05d3 \u05de\u05d7\u05e8<br \/>\n\u05d0\u05dd \u05dc\u05d0 \u05e0\u05d0\u05d8, \u05dc\u05d0 \u05e0\u05d1\u05d9\u05d8, \u05dc\u05d0 \u05e0\u05e9\u05d9\u05dd \u05dc\u05d1 \u05dc\u05e4\u05e8\u05d8\u05d9\u05dd<br \/>\n\u05dc\u05d0 \u05e0\u05d2\u05d9\u05e2 \u05dc\u05d0\u05e8\u05e5 \u05d7\u05d3\u05e9\u05d4<br \/>\n\u05dc\u05d0 \u05e0\u05d2\u05d9\u05e2, \u05e0\u05d2\u05d9\u05e2, \u05e0\u05d2\u05d9\u05e2 \u05dc\u05d0\u05e8\u05e5 \u05d7\u05d3\u05e9\u05d4<\/p>\n<h2>New Land<\/h2>\n<p>Rain is already falling, it\u2019s winter<br \/>\nTel Aviv is jammed, as is Haifa<br \/>\nSit, boy, sit<br \/>\nI\u2019m telling you to sit<br \/>\nAnd the two of us are traveling on dirt roads<br \/>\nGazing through the window glass<br \/>\nWe have a land, why another?<br \/>\nOutside, a Monday sunset<br \/>\nAnd Arabs are praying because it\u2019s some festival<br \/>\nCompanion on such a winter journey looks at me<br \/>\nHis legs are short but his head is wise<br \/>\nTogether we\u2019re on an escape, everything here is moving, he tells me,<br \/>\nYou\u2019re a dad, and you\u2019re also a human being<br \/>\nGazing through the window glass<br \/>\nSensitive eyes he has, yes, yes<br \/>\nIt\u2019s strange how the foreign enemy<br \/>\nLooks both inhuman and fearful<\/p>\n<p>I have a woman, she\u2019s your mother<br \/>\nWe\u2019ll go, we\u2019ll go, maybe we\u2019ll reach tomorrow<br \/>\nIf we don\u2019t slow down, don\u2019t look, don\u2019t notice the details<br \/>\nWe won\u2019t get to a new land\u2026<\/p>\n<p>A pair of sheep walk into the road<br \/>\nWe won\u2019t run them over, we don\u2019t do things like that<br \/>\nSit, boy, sit<br \/>\nI\u2019m telling you to sit<br \/>\nFlowing milk doesn\u2019t mean miracles<br \/>\nHe draws a camera from his pocket<br \/>\nThinks heaven is something exact<br \/>\nDenies that he\u2019s cold<br \/>\nAnd snaps shots so we\u2019ll remember what was<br \/>\nI read in the paper about a woman a hundred years old<br \/>\nWho spent her life doing good deeds<br \/>\nSit, boy, sit<br \/>\nI\u2019m telling you to sit<br \/>\nNot everyone was born bad<br \/>\nBut she died quite a while ago<br \/>\nYour father will die someday too<br \/>\nNo, heaven doesn\u2019t exist<br \/>\nMaybe a new land does<\/p>\n<p>I have a woman, she\u2019s your mother\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Rain is already falling, it\u2019s winter<br \/>\nOnce, everything was rosy<br \/>\nSit, boy, sit, why cling to the past<br \/>\nSomething is screeching in my memory<br \/>\nGazing through the street signs<br \/>\nWe have eyes so that we can gaze<br \/>\nTell me, he asks me, will they<br \/>\nWill they even let us go in?<br \/>\nCompanions on such a winter journey as this, I\u2019m already missing<br \/>\nMy father is sleeping, old and withdrawn<br \/>\nWith him I walked, with the eyes I no longer have<br \/>\nNow, my boy, with me you walk<br \/>\nGazing through the window glass<br \/>\nWe have a land, why another?<br \/>\nOutside, a Monday sunset<br \/>\nInside, I and he are as one man<\/p>\n<p>I have a woman, she\u2019s your mother\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Released during the First Intifada, this song is written as a continuous conversation between fathers and sons over the course of generations as they journey toward &#8220;a new land.&#8221; The lyrics, provided below in English, subtly explore controversial issues in Israeli society, such as the desire to conquer new land, lack of contact with and 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