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Gaaguim

Longing

by Ofra Haza

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paam hayu sham sadot yerukim
Once there were green fields there
ratz sham hanachal vechago shaldagim
The stream flowed and the kingfishers circled
paam baderech bitchelet eyn sofit
Once on a path in endless blue sky
hoshatta li perach amarta li ahuvi
You handed me a flower and said to me, my love
shemesh raka az nashke sadot yerukim
A soft sun then kissed the green fields
eyn kevar sadot sham - komlu veeynam
There are no more fields there - they withered and are gone
techelet acheret boheket lechinam
A different blue glares out in vain
nivash hanachal porchu hashaldagim
The stream turned foul, the kingfishers bloomed
doechet hashemesh libi beyn sorgim
The sun grows dim, my heart between bars
shuv lo netze lasadot haele hayerukim
We will not go out to those green fields again
nl yodea leeyfo neelemet
I do not know where you disappeared to
eych efshar ladaat lean sheat chalamt
How can one know where you had dreamed of going
chonek hasheket ibadta li laad
The silence is choking, you are lost to me forever
eych mikan vahola moshchim levad?
How does one go on from here, pulling alone?
ken leshuvcha od osif lechakot
Yes I will keep waiting for your return
ad shelibech yiten lach et haot
Until your heart gives you the sign
yesh betzidey haderachim harpatkaot
There are adventures along the sides of the road
aval meusheret tuchli rak lihyot
But happy you can only be
kan letzidi besade yarok - shuv iti
Here beside me in the green field - with me again
nl yodea leeyfo neelemet
I do not know where you disappeared to
eych efshar ladaat lean sheat chalamt
How can one know where you had dreamed of going
chonek hasheket ibadta li laad
The silence is choking, you are lost to me forever
eych mikan vahola moshchim levad?
How does one go on from here, pulling alone?
al ken leshuvcha od osif lechakot
Therefore I will keep waiting for your return
ad shelibech yiten lach et haot
Until your heart gives you the sign
yesh betzidey haderachim harpatkaot
There are adventures along the sides of the road
aval meusheret tuchli rak lihyot
But happy you can only be
kan letzidi besade yarok - shuv iti
Here beside me in the green field - with me again
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