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veachshav ze hazeman ladaat kevar ma
And now it is time to know already what
tzafuy lanu mehashamayim
Awaits us from the heavens
haim at yodaat lema hitkauna
Do you know what she meant
zot sheomra shehachochma hi kemo mayim
She who said wisdom is like water
venidme shenihyeynu, beleyt berera
And it seems we have become, without choice,
yoter veyoter kerovim
More and more close
anachnu kemo zug leorech shidra
We are like a couple along an avenue
pashut holchim veholchim
Simply walking and walking
ulor hadevarim hapeshutim beemet
And in the light of the truly simple things
anachnu chayim et chayeynu
We live our lives
lemashal beli hesberim rak lekabel velatet
For example without explanations only to give and receive
ze lo kal aval ma yesh od beyneynu?
It's not easy but what else is there between us?
ani nizkar lifamim bayaldut shehoyta
I remember sometimes the childhood that was
lifney zeman hamachshev vehahay-tek
Before the time of computers and hi-tech
al pasey harakevet mechaka lakatar
On the train tracks waiting for the locomotive
uchshehu ba ani tzoek
And when it comes I shout
ken, hayu ele chayim tovim
Yes, those were good lives
kemo sheomrim haopetimim
As the optimists say
velifamim chayim muzarim kach omrim
And sometimes strange lives, so say
hamistikanim hasinim
The Chinese mystics
veulay ele chayim gedolim
And perhaps those are great lives
harey chayinu otam beteruf
For we lived them in a frenzy
tistakeli alay vetiri
Look at me and see
ketzat samecha ketzat atzuv
A little happy a little sad
uchsheani shuv loveshet simla levana
And when you again wear a white dress
ata shoel ma kara lecha velanu
You ask what happened to you and to us
harey paam lavasht et otah hasimla
For once you wore the same dress
benovember keshehitchatanu
In November when we got married
ken barur li sheat rotza lifamim
Yes it's clear to me that you want sometimes
lachazor el hadevarim shehayu
To return to the things that were
gam ani rotze et otam hadevarim
I also want the same things
biglal oto hadavar bediuk
For the very same reason
ken, hayu ele chayim tovim...
Yes, those were good lives...
veachshav al tedaber rak tavo elay
And now don't talk just come to me
besheket besheket bacheder
Quietly quietly in the room
kemo sheney chaverim sheovdu bechalal
Like two friends lost in space
simi lev kevar emtza november
Notice it's already mid-November
shuv noflim healim - ze hazeman hashaket
The leaves are falling again — this is the quiet time
ma tzafuy lanu machar lo neda
What awaits us tomorrow we won't know
ani otef otcha bechom veroked
I wrap you in warmth and dance
umaavir lanu od daf
And turn us another page
ken, hayu ele chayim tovim...
Yes, those were good lives...
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