To Life (致生活) - Fiddler on the Roof Ensemble/Zero Mostel/Michael Granger/Rose Gifford
It's to our prosperity ours to good health and happiness
And most important "
To life to life
L'chaim L'chaim l'chaim to life
Here's to the father I've tried to be
Here's to my bride to be
Drink l'chaim to life to life l'chaim
L'chaim l'chaim to life
Life has a way of confusing us
Blessing and bruising us
Drink l'chaim 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'chaim
To Tzeitel my daughter
My wife
It gives you something to think about
Something to drink about
Drink l'chaim to life
"Reb Mordcha "
"Yes Lazar Wolf "
"Drinks for everybody "
"What's the occasion "
"I'm taking myself a bride "
"Who Who "
"Tevye's eldest Tzeitel "
"Mazeltove wonderful
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'chaim to life
To life l'chaim
L'chaim l'chaim to life
It takes a wedding to make us say
Let's live another day
Drink l'chaim to life
We'll raise a glass and sip a drop of schnapps
In honor of the great good luck
That favored 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'chaim to life
Dai-dai-dai-dai-dai-dai-dai
Dai-dai-dai-dai-dai-dai-dai
Dai-dai-dai-dai-dai-dai-dai
Dai-dai-dai-dai-dai-dai-dai
Zachava zdarovia
Heaven bless you both nazdrovia
To your health and may we live together in peace
Zachava zdarovia
Heaven bless you both nazdrovia
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
Zachava zdarovia
Heaven bless you both nazdrovia
To your health and may we live together in peace
There is an instrumental bridge here wherein the choreography
Encompasses the "bottle dance" featured in this number that
Is performed by the "Russian" characters
We'll raise a glass and sip a drop of schnapps
In honor of the great good luck
That favored 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'chaim to life
To life