To life! To life! L'chai-im!
L'chai-im, l'chai-im, to life!
If you've been lucky, then Monday was
No worse than Sunday was
Drink l'chai-im, to life
To life, l'chai-im!
L'chai-im, l'chai-im, to life!
One day it's honey and raisin cake
Next day a stomach ache
Drink L'chai-im, to life!
Our great men have written words of
Wisdom to be used
When hardship must be faced;
Life obliges us with hardship
So the words of wisdom
Shouldn't go to waste
To us and our good fortune
Be happy be healthy, long life!
And if our good fortune never comes
Here's to whatever comes
Drink l'chai-im, to life!
To life, to life, l'chai-im,!
L'chai-im, l'chai-im, to life!
Life has a way of confusing us
Blessing and bruising us
Drink l'chaim, to life
To life, l'chai-im!
L'chai-im, l'chai-im, to life!
A gift we seldom are wise enough
Ever to prize enough
Drink l'chai-im, to life!
God would like us to be joyful
Even though our hearts lie panting on the floor;
How much more can we be joyful
When there's really something
To be joyful for
To life, to life, L'chai-im!
L'chai-im, l'chai-im, to life!
It gives you something to think about
Something to drink about
Drink l'chai-im, to life! l'chai-im !
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**Editor's Note: There seems to be a disagreement here, someone come and clean up, pick a version, and take these comments out of the body of the song**
The blessing and bruising us part comes first
The honey and raisin cake is not in the song at all
You forgot the part about there lives being more
Pleasent
Then there future ones
This may be a version of "To Life", but it's not the
Version from either the play or the movie. In "Fiddler,"
The song is about the wedding of Tevye's daughter
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To Life
Here's to our prosperity, our good health and happiness
And most important ...
To life, to life, l'chai-im
L'chai-im, l'chai-im, to life
Here's to the father I tried to be
Here's to my bride-to-be
Drink l'chai-im, to life
To life, l'chai-im
L'chai-im, l'chai-im, to life
Life has a way of confusing us
Blessing and bruising us
Drink l'chai-im, to life!
God would like us to be joyful, even when our hearts lie
Panting on the floor
How much more can we be joyful, when there's really
Something to be joyful for?
To life, to life, l'chai-im
To Tzeitel, my daughter--my wife
It gives you something to think about
Something to drink about
Drink l'chai-im, to life!
(Le Morta!
Yes, Lazar Wolf?
Drinks for everyone!
What's the occasion?
I'm taking myself a bride!
Who is it?
Tevye's eldest, Tzeitel!)
To Lazar Wolf--
To Tevye!
To Tzeitel, your daughter--my wife!
May all your futures be pleasant ones
Not like our present ones
Drink l'chai-im, to life
To life, l'chai-im
L'chai-im, l'chai-im, to life
It takes a wedding to make us say
"Let's live another day,"
Drink l'chai-im, to life!
We'll raise a gla** and sip a drop of schnapps in honor of
The great
Good luck that favors you
We know that when good fortune favors two such men, it
Stands to reason
We deserve it too!
To us and our good fortune!
Be happy, be healthy, long life!
And if our good fortune never comes
Here's to whatever comes
Drink l'chai-im, to life!
Heaven bless you both, to your health and may we live
Together in peace!
May you both be favored with the future of your choice
May you live to see a thousand reasons to rejoice!
We'll raise a gla** and sip a drop of schnapps in honor of
The great
Good luck that favors you
We know that when good fortune favors two such men, it
Stands to reason
We deserve it too!
To us and our good fortune!
Be happy, be healthy, long life!
And if our good fortune never comes
Here's to whatever comes
Drink l'chai-im, to life!