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Lyrics to song 'children of silence', London boys- Yigal Cal

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amother

Chocolate

Mon, Jan 22 2018, 11:20 am

Anyone?
TIA

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usa

Mon, Jan 22 2018, 12:29 pm

It has been a long time since I listened to it. I remember parts of the first few lines:

Children of silence, I hear your voice crystal clear
A voice with a____________, a voice with a tear.
When will the ________

Chorus: Come join in my song and bridge a thousand miles
____________________________________________

amother

Chocolate

Mon, Jan 22 2018, 12:39 pm

Thanks USA. I listened to it this morning, and that part I actually got, its the second part of the song and then the part in French that I didn't chap...

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iyar

Mon, Jan 22 2018, 2:31 pm

2GN wrote:

Thanks USA. I listened to it this morning, and that part I actually got, its the second part of the song and then the part in French that I didn't chap...

Un soir d’ete sur la berge abandonnee
Nous etions tous deux la
Mes idees sombre et moi

Je ne croyais plus rien
Je maudissait mon destin
Quand du fond du bois
Retentit ce refrain la

Si tu te sens solitaire
Si tu te sens delaisse
Viens donc vers moi mon frere
Et laisse ton tristesse s’en allee

Depuis si longtemps
J’attend a cet instant
Ensemble nous pourrons maintenant
Rejoindre la en chanson

If a French amother wants to fix my mangled French (Ruchel?) that would be nice!
Here’s a poor attempt at translation:

One summer evening abandoned on the riverbank
We were there the two of us
My dark thoughts and I

I no longer believed in anything
I cursed my destiny
When, from the depths of the forest
This refrain rang out-

If you feel alone
If you feel forsaken
Then come with me my brother
And let your sadness disappear (go away)

For such a long time
I’ve been waiting for this moment
Together we can now be able
To rejoin there in song

amother

Valerian

Sun, Jan 02 2022, 3:26 pm

Children of Silence, I hear your voice crystal clear,
A voice with a sadness, a voice with a tear.
When will those chains of despair in my heart be broken and torn away?
When will the curtain of loneliness part to cast a light of freedom on my day?

Come join in my song,
Come bridge a thousand miles;
Your harmony I long,
Your voice, your hand, your smiles.

Ata zocher maasei olam… Haben yakir li Efraim…

Start listening at minute 37:30
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oGjVonqqtII

Choirmistress

Mon, Jan 03 2022, 2:14 am

Thank you, iyar and Valerian!
NOW I have the full lyrics in all three languages, the Hebrew taken, if memory serves, from the Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur machzor.
The French part will need editing for accents and hyphens, but at least you've provided it, iyar.
And thanks Valerian for the reminder of the English part. Now I can typeset a sheet with all three languages on one 8.5" x 11" sheet with my English translation of at least the French (if not also the Hebrew, depending on how much space I will have remaining).
Y'yasher lachen hako'ach!
I think there are a lot of such "oldies but goodies" that need reviving!

amother

Chocolate

Mon, Jan 03 2022, 9:15 am

Choirmistress wrote:

I posted a link to the lyrics that include the Hebrew part on your other thread.
And yes, there are so many oldie but goodies that we still love to listen to and sing!

(And ha, didn’t even realize I was the op of this thread a couple of years ago!)

amother

Oak

Mon, Jan 03 2022, 9:47 am

Baruch Levine included parts on his cd of the record 2
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RMzlgrCzFfA

Choirmistress

Wed, Feb 23 2022, 1:31 am

Thanks to Iyar, Valerian, and all other contributors. I have now typeset the full and correct lyrics in all three languages, with my English translation of the French in a second column. Anyone wanting a legible copy in Times New Roman, all three verses on one sheet, just PM me and I will send back as an email attachment.

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