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geshem kevar yored veze choref
Rain is already falling and it is winter
tel aviv chasuma vegam cheyfa
Tel Aviv is blocked and so is Haifa
shev yeled shev, ani omer lecha shev
Sit down child sit, I tell you sit
ushneynu nosim bedarchey afar
And the two of us travel on dirt roads
mabit mibaad lazegugit
Looking through the window
yesh lanu eretz lama od achat
We have a land, why do we need another
bachutz shekia shel yom sheni
Outside a sunset on a Monday
vaaravim mitpalelim ki eyze chag
And Arabs are praying because it is some holiday
chaver lemin masa kaze bachoref mistakel bi
A companion from such a journey in winter he looks at me
raglayv ketzarot aval rosho chacham
His legs are short but his head is wise
anachnu bimnusa hakol po zaz omer li
We are on the run everything here is moving he tells me
ata gam aba ata gam ben adam
You are also a father you are also a human being
mabit mibaad lazegugit
Looking through the window
eynayim yesh lo regishut ken ken
He has eyes sensitive yes yes
muzar eych haoyev hazar
Strange how the foreign enemy
nire lo enoshi vegam poched
Looks human to him and is also afraid
yesh li isha zot ima shelecha
I have a wife she is your mother
nisa nisa ulay nagia ad machar
We will travel travel maybe we will arrive by tomorrow
lo nagia laaretz chadasha
We will not reach a new land
lo nagia nagia nagia laaretz chadasha
We will not arrive arrive arrive to a new land
shetey kevasim olot al em haderech
Two sheep climb onto the main road
lo nidros otan anachnu lo dorsim
We will not run them over we do not run things over
shev yeled, shev ani omer lecha shev
Sit down child, sit I tell you sit
chalav beshefa ze lo omer nisim
Milk in abundance does not mean miracles
sholef matzlema shel kis
Pulls out a pocket camera
choshev shegan haeden meduyak
Thinks that paradise is precise
machchish shekar lo
Denies that it is hard for him
umtzalem kedey shenizkor ma shehaya
And photographs so we remember what was
karati beiton al achat bat mea
I read in the newspaper about a woman aged one hundred
shekol chayey osta maasim tovim
Who all her life did good deeds
shev yeled, shev ani omer lecha shev
Sit down child, sit I tell you sit
lo kol haanashim noldu raim
Not all people were born evil
mizeman hi meta dey mizeman
Long ago she died quite long ago
avich hu yamut gam yom echad
Your father will also die one day
lo gan haeden lo kayam
No paradise does not exist
ulay kayemet eretz chadasha
Maybe a new land exists
geshem kevar yored veze choref
Rain is already falling and it is winter
paam ze hakol haya varod
Once all of this was rosy
shev yeled shav lema lehitrapek
Sit down child sit why cling to the past
mashehu chorek bezichron
Something creaks in the memory
mabit mibaad lishlatim
Looking through the signs
eynayim yesh kedey lehistakel
Eyes exist in order to look
tagid shoel oti haim
Tell me he asks me whether
haim haim yitenu lanu bichlal lehikanes
Whether whether they will even let us in
chaverim lemin masa kaze bachoref kevar chaser li
Companions from such a journey in winter I already miss
avi yashen, zaken umistager
My father sleeps, old and withdrawn
ito halachti derech haeynayim shekevar eyn li
With him I walked a path those eyes I no longer have
achshav yaldey sheli itay holech
Now my own child walks with me
mabit mibaad lazegugit
Looking through the window
yesh lanu eretz lama od achat
We have a land why do we need another
bachutz shekia shel yom sheni
Outside a sunset on a Monday
bifnim ani vehu kemo ish echad
Inside it is he and I like one man
lo nagia nagia nagia laaretz chadasha
We will not arrive arrive arrive to a new land
eretz chadasha eretz chadasha
A new land a new land
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