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Haradio Hayashan

The Old Radio

by Shlomo Artzi

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layla lo shaket (1986)
Restless Night (1986)
venisharti etzlech
And I stayed with you
keshehayit levusha
When you were dressed
bivgadim shel kala muchana
In bridal clothes, ready
od meat elech
Soon I'll be leaving
at vaday margisha
You must feel
lo ashir siman.
I'll leave no sign.
gam avi hitahev
Even my father fell in love
paam achat beachat
Once with someone
veachshav hu zaken adin
And now he is a gentle old man
uvaradyo roed hazamar keshehu shar
And on the radio trembles the singer as he sings
al chayim verudim
Of rosy lives
al techabi et haradyo hayashan
Don't turn off the old radio
al tirdemi lifney sheishan
Don't fall asleep before I sleep
al techabi et haor
Don't turn off the light
lifney shenakshiv lo od.
Before we listen to it once more.
over od shir baradyo hayashan
Another song passes on the old radio
ani mashir otach
I leave you
veaf lesham
And fly away
rak takvi sheod echezor sheod echezor.
Just hope that I'll return, that I'll return.
lo omeret li kelum tishaer o telech
She doesn't say a word to me, stay or leave
lo omeret emet gedola
She doesn't say a great truth
veharadyo mimul kol halayla dolek
And the radio across the hall burns all night
uvarak bachalon shelah.
And lightning in her window.
veshomim shir aluv uvchal zot mukar
And we hear a miserable song, yet a familiar one
mi ze sar ze ani o hu
Who is singing, is it me or him
ekronot, zichronot eynam haikar,
Principles, memories are not what matters,
ma shenishar (sach hakol lo kelum)!!!
What remains (all in all it's nothing)!!!
al techabi et haradyo hayashan...
Don't turn off the old radio...
bamartef hayashan
In the old basement
beemtza hair
In the middle of the city
bamakom heagol hasaduk
In the round, cracked place
zug echad od nishar
One couple still remains
meotam hayamim
From those days
velanetzach hem yirkedu.
And forever they will dance.
aval po ze lo sham,
But here this is not there,
po borchim mamtikot
Here we flee from sweetness
muchrachim ki hakol nigmar
We must because everything is over
po baradyo hayashan
Here on the old radio
shar zemer kol saduk
A singer sings with a cracked voice
venitzchi tov, hu rak zemer.
And eternally good, he is just a singer.
al techabi et haradyo hayashan...
Don't turn off the old radio...
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