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Mevakshim Chayim

Asking for Life

by Eyal Golan

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yeladim bederech nitzanim ketanim
Children along the way, small buds
shoalim madua haperachim novlim
Asking why the flowers wither
shoafim lemala kemo laananim
Reaching upward like toward the clouds
menasim lehitkayem umvakeshim chayim
Trying to survive and asking for life
nearim baderech mechapesim nativ
Young men along the way seeking a path
mabitim beregesh al perichat aviv
Looking with feeling at spring's flowering
shoafim lemala kemo laananim
Reaching upward like toward the clouds
menasim lehitkayem umvakeshim chayim -
Trying to survive and asking for life
elohim shomea et bechi halev
God hears the weeping of the heart
mishtatef betzaar chash et hakeev
Shares in the grief, feels the pain
merachem kemo aba rov hazeman ohev
Merciful like a father, loving most of the time
lifamim kotef gam perach melavlev.
Sometimes plucking even a blossoming flower
anashim baderech shoalim matay
People along the way asking when
yipasek haresha, day lecherev day
Will wickedness cease, enough of the sword, enough
hem nosim kapayim el haelohim
They raise their hands to God
menasim lehitkayem umvakeshim chayim -
Trying to survive and asking for life
elohim shomea et bechi halev...
God hears the weeping of the heart...
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