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Ata Hevtachta

You Promised

by Ofra Haza

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reiticha noded meshotet baderachim
I saw you wandering, drifting on the roads
ufanim lo lecha neelamot betzel
With a face not your own vanishing in shadow
bivloyey raayonot bischavot begadim
In worn-out thoughts, in tattered clothes
kemo hilchat charish mitpatel
As if you walked a winding, silent path
betachanat rakavot nifgashnu tzofim
At a train station we met, watching
ata vaani - kadeli vehachevel
You and I — like a bucket and rope
eyneycha tohot vaanachnu zarim
Your eyes wondering, and we are strangers
kitmol kehayom, od shoel?...
As yesterday, as today, still asking?...
ata hivtachta lishmor al hakol
You promised to keep it all
ata hivtachta yom od yavo
You promised a day would come
shebo yihye tov, yihye tov.
When things would be good, would be good
sham rucha derachim nosa chalomi
There a road wind carried my dream
cholfa li demutcha, demutcha mineged
Your image passed before me
eynay domot vaani kemo eyni
My eyes are tearing and I'm as if I'm not
lidmutcha habocha vetohe
Before your weeping, wondering image
ata hivtachta lishmor al hakol
You promised to keep it all
ata hivtachta yom od yavo
You promised a day would come
shebo yihye tov, yihye tov.
When things would be good, would be good
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