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Af Pa'am Lo Tede'i

You'll Never Know

by Shlomo Artzi

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uvaleylot
And at night
delatot panayich neulot,
the doors of your face are locked,
uvayamim - af paam lo tedi.
and by day - you'll never know.
af paam lo tedi,
You'll never know,
kama nasati biglolech,
how far I traveled because of you,
derachim bechaf yadi,
roads in the palm of my hand,
derachim bechaf yodcha.
roads in the palm of yours.
kol paam shemetos o mashehu
Every time a plane or something
nogea bashechakim,
touches the skies,
ani shomea nesia,
I hear a journey,
al techaki.
don't wait.
adam nifrad tamid mimashehu,
A person always parts from something,
ani zocher - bachita,
I remember - you cried,
ze meshune, ach yesh bi mashehu
it's strange, but there's something in me
shelo makir.
that doesn't recognize.
uvaleylot, tihyi ketuva al chalomot,
And at night, you'll be written upon dreams,
uvayamim af paam lo tedi.
and by day you'll never know.
hazeman hamehurhar
The pensive time
taluy al hashaon,
hangs on the clock,
machog lechal davar
a hand for everything
kotzev et hashaot.
measures out the hours.
kol paam sheisha o mishehi
Every time a woman or someone
nogaat et hakevish,
touches the road,
ani nizkar becha, umargish kemo keshe...
I remember you, and feel like when...
hayita bi.
you were in me.
at yeshena vaday, umishehu
You're sleeping surely, and someone
noshem otach amok,
breathes you in deeply,
yaday eynan yedey haish hahu,
my hands are not the hands of that man,
yedey hamekaneot.
my jealous hands.
uvaleylot -
And at night -
at lo tiri bachoshech...lo!
you won't see in the darkness...no!
uvayamim - af paam lo tedi.
and by day - you'll never know.
besheket, kemo ganav,
Quietly, like a thief,
al behonot gufcha
on the tiptoes of your body
bindudey shena,
in sleepless wandering,
behirhurey hachet.
in sinful thoughts.
tamid ani chashud bemashehu,
I'm always suspected of something,
shoter medaber eley,
a policeman speaks to me,
haim keday lomar lo
is it worth telling him
sheani levad?
that I'm alone?
ufaam keshehakol yihye yoter pashut,
And someday when everything will be simpler,
afilu hamila,
even the word,
omer lach mashehu shelo nire chashuv,
I'll tell you something that won't seem important,
aval nishma nifla.
but will sound wonderful.
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