Next Year

Ehud Manor

1968

Come next year we shall sit on the porch
Count the birds flying north.
Children on holiday will play catch
Between the house and the meadow.
You will see, you will yet see
How good it will be
In the next year, the next year.
By evening red grapes will ripen
And be served chilled at the table.
Dreamy winds will sweep onto the road
Discarded…
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Ehud Manor

1941–2005

Ehud Manor was a popular Israeli songwriter, the pioneer of a sensitive, personal style that verged on the confessional. At a time when most Israeli lyricists sang odes to country and land, Manor sang of love and loss, joy and grief, life’s grand pleasures and acute disappointments. His talent, however, flowed in multiple directions; after his army service, he balanced songwriting, broadcasting, advanced literary studies, and translation. Manor was born in Binyamina, and his greatest attachment was to Israel. He was prolific, with more than 630 translations and 1,200 original songs to his name. He received the Israel Prize in 1998.

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