Parpar Aviv (Spring Butterfly), Song

Track 1: Parpar Aviv for Voice and Orchestra
Ethel Zusman, Soprano
Marc Lavry, Conductor
Kol Israel Symphony Orchestra (The Broadcasting Service Orchestra)
Recording: November 30,1953

Track 2: Parpar Aviv for Voice and Piano
Lior Stern, Soprano
Yoav Meir Weiss, Piano
Recorded in 2013

Note: The song Parpar Aviv is part of a collection of children’s songs Opus 200:
No. 1: Shnei Orchim (Two Visitors)
No. 2: Parpar Aviv (Spring Butterfly)
No. 3: Habuba Vehabubonet (The Big Doll and the Small Doll)
No. 4: Dani Gibor (Brave Danny)
No. 5: Mischak (Game)

Lyrics: Shmuel Bass

Additional details: email music@marclavry.org

Synopsis:
Marc Lavry chose 5 children’s songs by different lyricists and gathered them into one collection (Opus. 200.) Parpar Aviv (Spring Butterfly) is one of them.

Parpar Aviv / Shmuel Bass
(Transliterated from Hebrew)

Haraki’a tchelet ziv.
Mi hofi’a im aviv?
Ba ore’ach, kal, lavan,
Ufore’ach el hagan.
La, la, la

Al kol etz po mikol tzitz,
Hu motzetz po motek mitz.
Rega po hu, rega sham
Ve’eifo hu ne’elam?
La, la, la

Shuv eleinu, ach shovav!
Tevakshenu, ach lashav…
Haraki’a tchelet ziv.
Mi hofi’a im aviv?