Shir Hafrecha - Ofra Haza

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Shir Hafrecha (The Frecha's Song) from the video From Dusk To Dawn - Ofra Haza.....


A frecha (Arabic for young female chicken) is a woman who is sexy but stupid and low-class. The word has been around since the early 1970s and originally referred to a Sephardic Jewish woman of Middle Eastern origin who exhibited traits of silliness and materialism. The 1979 song Shir Hafrecha (The Frecha Song or The Bimbo Song) by Ofra Haza is one of the biggest Israeli hits of all time even though it was originally banned on some radio stations. Some of the lyrics are: "I don't have a head for long words / And you're like a long word" and "I go wherever the fun is, with my nail polish, lipstick and other show-offy things...I feel like shouting out: 'I'm a frecha!'"

Ein li rosh l'milim arukot
V'ata min mila aruka shekazot.
Ciao, y'didi, v'dash l'chayecha
B'tikva shetavin et hafrecha.

Hashemesh shel Faraj kora'at et hayam
Va'ani mafliga b'toch hakafkafim
L'an sheyikchu ha'orot ani sham
Im halaka, halipstick, u'sh'ar da'awin

Ki ba li lirkod, uva li shtuyot
Ba li litzchok - v'lo ba li alecha!
Ba li bayamim uva li baleilot
Ba li litz'ok - ani frecha.

Panim shelo osot cheshbon
V'jeans b'style shekatuv ba'iton
Silsul nitzchi b'se'arot
V'posterim bimkom kirot
Rotza le'ehov kmo basratim
Chatich she'yavo b'anglit utz'va'im
Come on baby, hamatos m'chakeh
V'od chalom sheli mamri lo uvocheh

Ba li lirkod, ba li shtuyot
Ba li litzchok - v'lo ba li alecha!
Ba li bayamim, ba li baleilot
Ba li litz'ok - ani frecha.

Pa'am sheyihiyeh li zman lihiyot g'dola
Pa'am tigamer ham'siba
Ki b'sof kawl frecha mistater shikun katan
Ba'al lidugma, v'elef kivunei ashan....

Ba li lirkod, ba li shtuyot
Ba li litzchok - v'lo ba li alecha!
Ba li bayamim, ba li baleilot
Ba li litz'ok - ani frecha.


I'm not in the mood for long words
And you're sort of a long word yourself
Ciao, my friend, and give my regards to your life -
With hope that you'll understand the frecha..

The sun of Faraj tears up the sea
And I sail along in flip-flops
Wherever they take the lights, I'll be there
With lipstick, and gloss, and the rest of the show-off stuff

Because I feel like dancing, I feel like nonsense
I want to laugh - but you, I don't want
I want to have a good time during the day, also during the night
I want to scream - I'm a frecha

A face with a cool stare
And jeans in the style the newspapers write about
A permanent wave in my hair
And posters instead of walls
I want to love like in the movies -
A hunk that comes in English, and in color
Come on baby, the plane is waiting
And another dream of mine takes off, and cries

Because I feel like dancing, I feel like nonsense
I want to laugh - but you, I don't want
I want to have a good time during the day, also during the night
I want to scream - I'm a frecha

Once when I have time to grow up
The party will be over
For at the end of every frecha, hides a nice little apartment complex
A model husband, and smoke going off in a thousand directions......

Because I feel like dancing, I feel like nonsense
I want to laugh - but you, I don't want
I want to have a good time during the day, also during the night
I want to scream - I'm a frecha

Because I feel like dancing, I feel like nonsense
I want to laugh - but you, I don't want
I want to have a good time during the day, also during the night
I want to scream - I'm a frecha


אין לי ראש למילים ארוכות
ואתה מן מילה ארוכה שכזאת
צ'או ידידי וד"ש לחייך
בתקוה שתבין את הפרחה
השמש של פראג' קורעת את הים
ואני מפליגה בתוך הכפכפים
לאן שיקחו האורות אני שם
עם הלקה, הליפסטיק ושאר דאוו'ין

כי בא לי לרקוד, ובא לי שטויות
בא לי לצחוק ולא בא לי עליך
בא לי בימים ובא לי בלילות
בא לי לצעוק: אני פרחה

פנים שלא עושות חשבון
וג'ינס בסטייל שכתוב בעיתון
סלסול נצחי בשיערות
ופוסטרים במקום קירות
רוצה לאהוב כמו בסרטים
חתיך שיבוא באנגלית וצבעים
Come on baby
המטוס מחכה
ועוד חלום שלי ממריא לו ובוכה

כי בא לי לרקוד

פעם כשיהיה לי זמן להיות גדולה
פעם תיגמר המסיבה
כי בסוף כל פרחה מסתתר שיכון קטן
בעל לדוגמה ואלף כיווני עשן

כי בא לי לרקוד


Words/Music: Esi Dayan / Tzvika Pik

Transliteration: Malka Tischler
Translation: Malka Tischler
Hebrew Lyrics: www.shiron.net

Frecha Definition:
www.momentmag.com/Exclusive/2009/08/Jewish_Word.html