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Shalom Chaver

Goodbye Friend

by Arik Einstein

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bimay: moni moshonov
Director: Moni Moshonov
vechikar hair mueret
And the city square is lit
rivvot kol ohaveycha
Multitudes of all who love you
naharu el haatzeret
Flocked to the rally
neesfu lirot paneycha
Gathered to see your face
et navoch samuk keyeled
When, flushed and shy like a child
et kolcha bashir natata
You gave your voice in song
hagoral nakash badelet
Fate knocked at the door
veata kelal lo shamata
And you didn't hear it at all
shuv vashuv over bi raad
Again and again a shiver runs through me
mi yachol haya ladaat
Who could have known
ma neemar veeyn milim peshutot yoter
What can we say, there are no simpler words
shalom chaver
Shalom, friend
beodcha tovel beosher
While you were bathed in joy
uvshir shalom potzecha
And bursting into a song of peace
sham bachoshech lishat kosher
There in the dark, seizing the moment
kevar himtin hameratzecha
The assassin was already waiting
hakikar kulah homa v...
The square was buzzing and...
lev el lev niftach keferach
Heart to heart opened like a flower
ekdacho taun bamavet
His gun loaded with death
veeynayv karot kekerach
And his eyes cold as ice
leyl hasetav yored al negev
The autumn night descends on the Negev
arava bocha mineged
A willow weeps across the way
gam lemala eyn milim peshutot yoter
Even up above there are no simpler words
shuv vashuv over bi raad...
Again and again a shiver runs through me...
rechovot shetufim bivchi
Streets awash with weeping
yom valayla veshavua
A day and a night and a week
hademaot zolgot al lachay
Tears streaming down every cheek
or nerot rotet madua
Candlelight flickering, why
chivaryan ole hashachar
Pale, the dawn rises
nesogim tzelalim shel layla
Shadows of night retreat
od meat chama zorachat
Soon the sun will shine
venakum lalechet hola
And we'll rise to walk on
leyl hasetav yored al negev
The autumn night descends on the Negev
arava bocha mineged
A willow weeps across the way
gam lemala eyn milim peshutot yoter
Even up above there are no simpler words
shuv vashuv over bi raad...
Again and again a shiver runs through me...
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