Daw Da Hiya - Ofra Haza

Back in ancient time

Loving was a crime

For a single girl

Like the beautiful

Daw Da Hiya

Sisters barred her way

But she couldn’t wait

She spurned her father’s hand

And took her man

Despite tradition

La’ad tizini wala’ad tirtihi

Wa daw da hiya asal ma’an dzha lihis

Daw da hiya

Achad galbeh urach

Achad galbeh urach

Walyom mitel chasa

Walyom ma’an dzha tiss

Daw da hiya

Daw da hiya

Daw da hiya

Her passion drove her wild

Daw da hiya

Daw da hiya

Daw da hiya

Her love was suicide

Love comes with a price

They came for her one night

For her family’s shame

She had to face

The judge’s might

Now she was with child

No one was at her side

When the judge declared

That she must die

Tradition

Lamat lamat lamat wala fashe shamat

Gumi tatari gumi utatari ya din

Daw da hiya

Wi darde hu bich ila ila wadi bana

Wilyom kulana nea’azi alechk

Daw da hiya

Daw da hiya

Daw da hiya

Her passion drove her wild

Daw da hiya

Daw da hiya

Daw da hiya

Her love was suicide

In a time and place

Where a woman can’t show her face

Her life is ruled by men

That shouldn’t happen again

Daw da hiya

Daw da hiya

Daw da hiya

Her passion drove her wild

Daw da hiya

Daw da hiya

Daw da hiya

Her love was suicide