"Shiru" (Hebrew script: שירו, English translation: "Sing") was the Israeli entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, performed in Hebrew and English by Sarah'le Sharon & The Shiru Group.
The song is about the power of song itself, which is said to be "all we have". The bridge of the song is performed in English, marking the second occasion, after its 1992 entry, on which the Israeli Contest entry had featured any language apart from Hebrew.
The song was performed twenty-fourth on the night, following Cyprus' Kyriakos Zimboulakis and Dimos van Beke with "Mi Stamatas" and preceding Norway's Silje Vige with "Alle mine tankar". At the close of voting, it had received 4 points, placing 24th in a field of 25 - Israel's worst finish at the time.
Due to the rapidly expanding Contest, entry to the 1994 contest was restricted to the 18 top entrants at the 1993 edition, a group which did not include Israel. As the country broadcast the Contest live (making them a "passive participant"), they were re-admitted to the fold the next year. Thus, the song was succeeded as Israeli representative at the 1995 Contest by Liora with "Amen".
My father married a pure Cherokee
My mother's people were ashamed of me
The indians said I was white by law
The White Man always called me "Indian Squaw"
Half-breed, that's all I ever heard
Half-breed, how I learned to hate the word
Half-breed, she's no good they warned
Both sides were against me since the day I was born
We never settled, went from town to town
When you're not welcome you don't hang around
The other children always laughed at me "Give her a feather, she's a Cherokee"
We weren't accepted and I felt ashamed
Nineteen I left them, tell me who's to blame
My life since then has been from man to man