[Multilingual Monday Music] Free
The song I've had on repeat? Why, it's חופשייה, xofshiya, "Free," here sung by Sarit Xadad:
... and covered by Mei Feingold:
Interestingly, my friend Tzachee loves the Sarit version, and I love the slower Mei version. Regardless, it seems impossible for a man to cover this song by "adjusting" the wording to a male singer. In Hebrew, adjectives and most verbs reflect gender, and even the title, "free," is in the feminine (the masculine xofshi is one syllable short to actually fitting and ruins the rhyme scheme.
Click to view... and covered by Mei Feingold:
Interestingly, my friend Tzachee loves the Sarit version, and I love the slower Mei version. Regardless, it seems impossible for a man to cover this song by "adjusting" the wording to a male singer. In Hebrew, adjectives and most verbs reflect gender, and even the title, "free," is in the feminine (the masculine xofshi is one syllable short to actually fitting and ruins the rhyme scheme.