Arik Einstein - Ahor Bakatzeh

hachayim yaladti ze sipur retzini

Life my dear is a serious story

lifamim ani met mipachad

Sometimes I'm scared to death

mehatzel shel atzmi mikol ma shesevivi yesh lifamim regaim shenidme

Of my own shadow of everything around me there are sometimes moments when it seems

hine haor bakatze ufitom ze choshech

There's the light at the end and suddenly it's darkness

vegam at kemo kulam sheibedu et darkam

And you too like everyone who lost their way

techapesi eyze or bachoshech

Will search for some light in the dark

titbageri tishtani hizdakeni veterai yesh lifamim regaim shenidme

You'll grow up you'll change grow old and be afraid there are sometimes moments when it seems

hine haor bakatze mefarper bachoshech

There's the light at the end flickering in the darkness

kol hanerot shehidlaknu balayla

All the candles we lit at night

lo yegorshu et hachoshech hakar haze

Won't chase away this cold darkness

kol haruchot shenoshvu kol halayla

All the winds that blew all night

lo yechabu et haor bakatze

Won't extinguish the light at the end

lo yechabu et haor sheole baboker

Won't extinguish the light that rises in the morning

techapesi tishali vegam at tegali

Search and ask and you too will discover

hateshuva od niset barucha

The answer is still carried in the wind

yesh ketovot al hakir bakikar shel hair yesh lifamim regaim shenidme

There's writing on the wall in the city square there are sometimes moments when it seems

hine haor bakatze mehavhev bachoshech

There's the light at the end blinking in the darkness

Ahor Bakatzeh