# Hareut > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hareut > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hareut.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hareut > Source revision: 1330134749 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{pp|small=yes}} {{Short description|Hebrew poem and song}} {{for|a museum|HaReut Museum}} {{Expand Hebrew|topic=culture|date=March 2009}} '''Hareut''' ({{langx|he|הרעות}}; ''friendship'', ''fellowship'', etc., in English, here esp. ''camaraderie'', ''brotherhood in arms'') is a [Hebrew](/source/Hebrew_language) poem written by [Haim Gouri](/source/Haim_Gouri) and set to music by [Sasha Argov](/source/Sasha_Argov).{{Cite web |title=Hare’ut, the Song of Friendship |url=https://israelforever.org/programs/remembering_israels_fallen/hareut_song_of_friendship/ |access-date=2025-11-29 |website=Israel Forever Foundation |language=en}} The song was written a year after the outbreak of the [1948 Arab–Israeli War](/source/1948_Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_War) and commemorates those who fell in the war. The song is often performed at memorial ceremonies. The song was originally performed by the [Chizbatron](/source/Chizbatron) with [Gideon Singer](/source/Gideon_Singer) as a soloist. Other well-known performances of the song have been by the [Nahal Entertainment Troupe](/source/Nahal_Entertainment_Troupe), and popular singers [Shoshana Damari](/source/Shoshana_Damari) and [Yehoram Gaon](/source/Yehoram_Gaon). Prior to Israel's 60th Independence Day, the song was elected by [IDF](/source/Israel_Defense_Forces) soldiers on the [Army Radio](/source/Army_Radio_(Israel)), as their favourite Hebrew song, ranking ahead of the popular [Jerusalem of Gold](/source/Jerusalem_of_Gold). The song was highly ranked in other competitions.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}} The song represents the social ideals of the period of the [1947–1949 Palestine war](/source/1947%E2%80%931949_Palestine_war) including one's sacrifice for the homeland, the individual's concern for all, and the sanctity of the memory of the fallen.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}} ==Lyrics== {| |+ | ===Original=== ::'''הרעות''' :על הנגב יורד ליל הסתיו :ומצית כוכבים חרש חרש :עת הרוח עובר על הסף :עננים מהלכים על הדרך. :כבר שנה לא הרגשנו כמעט :איך עברו הזמנים בשדותינו :כבר שנה ונותרנו מעט :מה רבים שאינם כבר בינינו. :אך נזכור את כולם :את יפי הבלורית והתואר :כי רעות שכזאת לעולם :לא תיתן את ליבנו לשכוח :אהבה מקודשת בדם :את תשובי בינינו לפרוח. :הרעות נשאנוך בלי מילים :אפורה עקשנית ושותקת :מלילות האימה הגדולים :את נותרת בהירה ודולקת. :הרעות כנערייך כולם :שוב בשמך נחייך ונלכה :כי רעים שנפלו על חרבם :את חייך הותירו לזכר. :ונזכור את כולם... | ===English translation=== ::'''The friendship''' :An autumn night descends on the [Negev](/source/Negev) :And gently, gently lights up the stars :While the wind blows on the threshold :Clouds go on their way. :Already a year, and we almost didn’t notice :How the time has passed in our fields :Already a year, and few of us remain :So many are no longer among us. :But we'll remember them all :The elegant, the handsome :Because friendship like this will never :Permit our hearts to forget :Love sanctified with blood :will once more bloom among us :Friendship, we bear you with no words :Gray, stubborn and silent :Of the nights of great terror :You remained bright and lit :Friendship, as did all your youths :Again in your name we will smile and go foreword :Because friends that have fallen on their swords :Left your life as a monument :And we'll remember them all… |} ==References== {{reflist}} == External links == * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE4t5im8UMA Hareut], performed by [Yehoram Gaon](/source/Yehoram_Gaon) {{Authority control}} Category:Israeli songs Category:Songs of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War Category:1949 songs Category:Lehakat HaNahal Category:Chizbatron Category:Songs about war --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Hareut](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hareut) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hareut?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.