"A-Ba-Ni-Bi" (English: I) was the Israeli entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978 in Paris, performed by Izhar Cohen & Alphabeta.
It won the Contest with 157 points, giving the country its first-ever victory since it began competing five years earlier.
Lyrics[]
A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev
A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev o-bo-ta-bach
A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev
A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev o-bo-ta-bach
A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev
O-bo-he-bev o-bo-ta-bach
Keshehayinu yeladim
Ahavnu besodei sodot
El mi hayinu nechmadim?
Rak ledodim uledodot
Vehabanot hamiskenot savlu
Hametukot, hen rak makot kiblu
Ve’et ma shehirgashnu be’emet
Lachashnu rak bisfat haBet
A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev
A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev o-bo-ta-bach
A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev
A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev o-bo-ta-bach
Ahava hi mila yafa
Hi tfila yafa, hi safa
Ahava hi elai tova
Hi tamid titgaber
Ubisfat ahava nedaber
A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev
A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev o-bo-ta-bach
A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev
A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev o-bo-ta-bach
Ani cholem vekam shalosh milim
Umahu ha’olam? Shalosh milim
Veze ma she’ani margish ka’et
Mamash kmo az, bisfat haBet
A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev
A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev o-bo-ta-bach
A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev
A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev o-bo-ta-bach
A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev
A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev o-bo-ta-bach
A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev
A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev o-bo-ta-bach
A-ba-ni-bi o-bo-he-bev
I love
I love you
I love
I love you
I love
Love you
When we were children
We would love in secret
Who were we nice to?
Only to uncles and aunts
And the poor girls suffered
Those sweethearts, they’d just get beaten up
And what we really felt
We whispered only in the Bet language
I love
I love you
I love
I love you
Love is a beautiful word
It’s a wondrous prayer, it’s a language
Love is good to me
It will always overcome
And we shall speak in a language of love
I love
I love you
I love
I love you
I dream and I wake up to three words
And what is the world? Three words
And that is how I feel now
Just like back then, in the Bet language
I love
I love you
I love
I love you
I love
I love you
I love
I love you
I love
Videos[]
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