SingHebrew

Im Lo Nagur Beyachad

If We Don't Live Together

by Shlomo Artzi

Copied!
im lo nagur beyachad eyze shavua
If we don't live together for a week
hazichronot sheli yatzifu et hachadarim
My memories will flood the rooms
lachashov aleynu kacha, laavor shinuy
To think of us like this, to go through a change
ma eese im lo nagur, ani kevar lo tzair.
What will I do if we don't live together, I'm no longer young.
tzeva yashan, reycha shel derech, or chiver
Old paint, scent of a road, pale light
zorkim oti tamid lemakom acher.
Always throw me somewhere else.
betoch kolnoa oryon, bachoshech lo beor yom
Inside the Orion cinema, in the dark not in daylight
hayita az metzamreret rach et gufi bayad.
You used to softly shiver my body with your hand.
hayom kolnoa orli, etmol kolnoa oryon
Today the Orly cinema, yesterday the Orion cinema
ani yoshev beseret ach shum yad kevar lo tiga.
I sit in the film but no hand will ever touch.
tzeva yashan...
Old paint...
im lo nagur beyachad eyze shenatayim
If we don't live together for a couple of years
kemo beeretz nidachat biladayich
Like in a godforsaken land without you
im lo nagur beyachad acharey sheatayim
If we don't live together after a couple of hours
ani amut mipachad utshuka.
I will die of fear and longing.
im lo nagur beyachad hasharot yalbinu
If we don't live together the hair will turn white
im kol hazichronot lechud yihye lanu kashe
With all the memories separately it will be hard for us
im paam keorachat tashuvi leveytenu
If one day as a guest you return to our home
az anashek otcha betzaar veulay evke.
Then I will kiss you in sadness and perhaps cry.
tzeva yashan...
Old paint...
WhatsApp

More by Shlomo Artzi