Here's to our prosperity
Our 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 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 somthing to be joyful for

To life, to life, l'chaim
To Tseitl my dauther
My wife

It gives you something to think about
Something to drink about

Drink l'chaim to life

.... [spoken dialogue]

To Lazar Wolf
To Tevye

To Tseitl 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!


Lai lai... [etc]



..aaaaaaa [held, gliss down an octave]

Za vashe zdorovie  ["za, va, sha zda ro vya"]
Heaven bless you both na zdrovie
to your health and may we live together in peace

Za vashe zdorovie
Heaven bless you both na zdrovie
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

Za vashe zdorovie
Heaven bless you both na zdrovie
to your health and may we live together in peace



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!