ונתנה תוקף

[reb_hillel]

I read this on Hebrew wikipedia ( http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%AA%D7%A0%D7%94_%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%A3 ):

"ונתנה תוקף" גם נתן השראה לשיר מפורסם של לאונרד כהן:"מי באש" (לפירוט). הזמר אלטון ג'ון תרגם את השיר ויצר גרסה

Comments

[feygele]

If you show me a translation of the poem, I might be able to tell you what song it is.

[reb_hillel]

This is Artscroll's translation. I'm not sure what translation Elton John used, or who he got to translate it. (Does he know Hebrew?)

http://www.ou.org/chagim/roshhashannah/unetanehtext.htm

[feygele]

Why I wasn't associating the poem with the title is beyond me. Duh. Of course I don't need a translation... So I'll think about it, and see if I can't come up with an Elton John version. (And, no, to the best of my knowledge Elton John does not know Hebrew.)

[feygele]

So as far as I can tell, and I know we're all shocked here, Wikipedia is wrong. Elton John doesn't have a song along these themes. (The EJ fan forum agrees with me.)