Halayla was the Israeli entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 in Dublin performed by Hakol Over Habibi.
The song is a dramatic ballad, with the singer describing what will happen between herself and a lover "tonight". The exact details are left unsaid, but she sings, for example, that "We'll say things that we've never said before/Tonight, tonight, it will be the night", implying a level of intimacy which the couple had not previously achieved.
The song was performed 5th on the night, following Luxembourg and preceding Denmark. At the close of voting, it finished in 7th place with 56 points.
Lyrics[]
Lifnei shenipared, beterem yom yered
Dvarim rabim ye’amru beineinu
Elef milim, elef tslilim ad halayla
Nidme shekvar kara, nidme shekvar haya
Nidme shekvar ne’emru beineinu
Kol hamilim, kol hatslilim layla layla
Ma shehaya, ma shehaya, shehaya beineinu
Ma shehaya, ma shehaya she’amarnu shneinu
Kol hamilim, kol hatslilim layla layla
She’amarnu shneinu
Ma shehaya, ma shehaya, shehaya beineinu
Ma shehaya, ma shehaya she’amarnu shneinu
Kol hamilim, kol hatslilim layla layla
Layla layla, la
Layla layla, la
Halayla, halayla, ihye ze halayla
Nomar dvarim shelo amarnu me’olam
Halayla, halayla, ihye ze halayla
(Layla layla, yom valayla)
Shebo nomar lelo milim, lelo tslilim
Nomar dvarim shel ahava
Ma shehaya, ma shehaya, shehaya beineinu
Ma shehaya, ma shehaya she’amarnu shneinu
Kol hamilim, kol hatslilim layla layla
Layla layla, layla
(Ma shehaya, ma shehaya, shehaya beineinu)
(Ma shehaya, ma shehaya she’amarnu shneinu)
Kol hamilim, kol hatslilim layla layla
Layla layla, la
Layla layla, la
Layla layla, la
Layla layla, la
Before we say goodbye
Before the day is gone
Many things will be said between us
A thousand words, a thousand sounds
Until the night
It seems as if it had already happened
It seems as if it had already been
It seems as if they had already been said between us
All of the words, all of the sounds
Every night
What had been, what had been
Been between us
What had happened, what had happened
That we both had said
All the words, all the sounds
Every night
That we both had said
What had been, what had been
Been between us
What had happened, what had happened
That we both had said
All of the words, all of the sounds
Every night
Every night, la
Every night, la
Tonight, tonight
It will be the night
We'll say things we've never said before
Tonight (Every night)
Tonight (Day and night)
It will be the night
In which we'll say
Without words, without sounds
We'll say things of love
What had been, what had been
Been between us
What had happened, what had happened
That we both had said
All of the words, all of the sounds
Every night
Every night, night
(What had been, what had been)
(Been between us)
(What had been, what had been)
(That we both had said)
All the words, all the sounds
Every night
Every night, la
Every night, la
Every night, la
Every night, la
Every night, la
Every night, la
| Eurovision Song Contest 1981 | |||
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| Participants | |||
 Marty Brem •  Modern Folk Trio & Aysegül •  Lena Valaitis •  Jean-Claude Pascal •  Hakol Over Habibi •  Tommy Seebach & Debbie Cameron •  Seid Memic •  Riki Sorsa •  Jean Gabilou •  Bachelli •  Linda Williams •  Sheeba •  Finn Kalvik •  Bucks Fizz •  Carlos Paião •  Emily Starr •  Yiannis Dimitras •  Island •  Peter, Sue & Marc •  Björn Skifs
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| Songs | |||
| Wenn du da bist • Dönme Dolap • Johnny Blue • C'est peut-être pas l'Amérique • Halayla • Krøller eller ej • Lejla • Reggae OK • Humanahum • Y sólo tú • Het is een wonder • Horoscopes • Aldri i livet • Making Your Mind Up • Playback • Samson • Feggari Kalokerino • Monika • Io senza te • Fångad i en dröm
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