Arik Einstein - Ashir Al Atuki Yosi

ekne li tuki ushmo yihye yosi

I'll buy myself a parrot and his name will be Yossi

imo asochecha et ish lo yishma

With him I'll talk when no one will hear

veaz omer lo, omer:

And then I'll tell him, I'll say:

haatzvut kemo kos hi

Sadness is like a cup

uvah yayin mar meinvey haneshama

And in it bitter wine from the grapes of the soul

hateda, tochi yosi, ata yeled liri

You should know, parrot Yossi, you are a lyric child

tzafuy lecha mavet shaket, ko shaket

You face a quiet death, so quiet

veaz anochi betugat hameiri

And then I in the sorrow of Al-Ma'arri

elchash lakirot: yosi met, yosi met

Will whisper to the walls: Yossi is dead, Yossi is dead

veyishuv efrecha mehakeluv lamoledet

And your ashes shall return from the cage to your homeland

min hakeluv halavan leafar hatzahov

From the white cage to the yellow earth

ariri, beli isha tuke veyoledet

Lonely, without a wife parrot and mother

letochi shekamocha asur leehov

For a parrot like you it's forbidden to love

ata lo tohav, yosi, yosi af paam

You will not love, Yossi, Yossi never

kamoch noldu lehanim pitputim

Like you they were born to sweeten with chatter

im kol meshorer, shelibo esh vezaam

With every poet, whose heart is fire and rage

beyn levavot adishim vechotim

Among indifferent and sinful hearts

kamocha hem rak tzaatzua babayit

Like you they are just a toy in the house

lemaan yuchlu yeladim lesachek

So that children may play

pitpet, tuki yosi

Chatter, parrot Yossi

nachmani kazayit, libi hayom reyk

Comfort me a little, my heart today is empty