Four Seasons by Aviv Geffen
Lesson Brief
Shironet
In this set, you will prepare to listen to and read the lyrics of Israeli musician Aviv Geffen's song Four Seasons. The song is a love story about a man, his wife or partner, and the child they had together. The man in the story leaves his partner until his son tells him to return to her and he ultimately begs her forgiveness.
Additional Vocabulary:
מַה עוֹשִׂים עַכשָׁיו | (here) what we do now | חַלוֹן | window |
כֹּל שְׁמִתְרָחֵשׁ | all that happens | סתָיו | fall |
אָבִיב | Aviv / Spring | לַחֲזוֹר , חָזַרְתִּי | to return, I returned |
לַעֲזוֹב , עָזַבְתִּי | to leave, I left | טֶבַע | nature |
לְטוֹבַת | in favor of | ||
כְּפָר , כְּפָרִים | village(s) | ||
חוֹפֶשׁ | freedom | ||
לַהֲפוֹך לְ , הוֹפֵךְ לְ | to turn to |
Click and Match
- (here) to give back
- לְהָשִׁיב , מֵשִׁיב
- (roughly) foliage of love, autumn of love
- שַׁלֶכֶת אַהֲבָה
- to be wrong, I was wrong
- לִטְעוֹת , טָעִיתִי
- I waited in the meantime
- חִיכִּיתִי בֵּינְתַּיִים
- come back to mom (f)
- תַּחְזוֹר לְאִמָא
- he whispered to me
- הוא לָחַשׁ לִי
- your heart asked me
- שָׁאַל אוֹתִי לִיבְּךָ
- the summer lays
- הקַיִץ שָׁכוּב
- an interim period
- תְּקוּפַת בֵּינַיִים
- sad eyes
- עֵינַיִים עֲצוּבוֹת