Ofra Haza - Shir Hafrecha

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