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Shir Eres

Lullaby

by Arik Einstein

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heychal vair nidmu peta
Temple and city suddenly fell silent
venishtateku shuki peres
And the markets of Persia went still
verak i shemah hakelarinta
And only somewhere the clarinet
vekol kinor vekonterabas
And the sound of violin and double bass
melachashim al titlavte
Whisper don't deliberate
vesheket, sheket has
And quiet, quiet hush
omnam radafnu havalim
Indeed we chased vanities
aval hine harosh hirkanu
But here we've bowed our head
im keter hu nose o deli
Whether he wears a crown or carries a pail
eyn shum hevdel basof yishan hu
There's no difference in the end he will sleep
vahayi li lo vahayi lo li
And hey li lu and hey lu li
vahayi li lanu lechulanu
And hey li for us for all of us
num tapucha numa etz
Sleep little apple sleep little tree
numa melech numa letz
Sleep little king sleep little jester
numu neharot bachof
Sleep rivers on the shore
numu chatzotzrot vetof
Sleep trumpets and drum
ulay bechal zot reva of
Maybe after all a quarter of a bird
lo, lo sof
No, no the end
kol rogez vechamot vetorecha
All anger and fury and toil
vetaavat vacharok shen
And desires and gnashing of teeth
ovru cholfu keovrey orecha
Passed and gone like passers-by
sheyaavru ani yashen
Let them pass I am sleeping
gam sheelot lishol eyn tzorech
Also questions no need to ask
veeyn toelet eyn
And no use no
rov neginot yesh utzlilim
Most melodies there are and sounds
ach shir haeres sheyadanu
But the lullaby that we knew
veshenechba el hakelim
That hid among the instruments
rak hu basof nishar itanu
Only it in the end remained with us
nishar veshar hinichu li
Remained and sang leave me be
hanichu lanu lechulanu
Leave us be all of us
numi derech ba haketz
Sleep little road the end has come
numa melech ba haletz
Sleep little king here comes the jester
numu rucha umfaresh
Sleep wind and sail
herogu toldot paras
Be calm chronicles of Persia
sheyikavu et hapanas
Let them turn off the lantern
ken, ken, has
Yes, yes, hush
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