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kaniti lecha kartis leluna park
I bought you a ticket to the amusement park
im kol haleytzanim,
With all the clowns,
lachashov shehachayim tovim besach hakol.
To think that life is good after all.
kaniti lecha kartis aval amarta
I bought you a ticket but you said
anachnu nichnasim,
We're going in,
im ata mavticha
If you promise
ken, hivtachti lecha, leehov otcha,
Yes, I promised you, to love you,
bechal hamekomot.
In every place.
ish hamavet kevar gasas
The man of death already lay dying
mehanefila shel haofanoa,
From the motorcycle crash,
veliuu oto besach kol haanashim,
And all the people escorted him in procession,
eych bachit? at lo hikart oto mamash
How you cried? You hardly knew him
uvaramkolim shamanu shir:
And on the loudspeakers we heard a song:
ish hamavet, ish hamavet al ofanoa
The man of death, the man of death on a motorcycle
hu azav et, hu azav et hachayim
He left, he left this life
ish hamavet, ish hamavet al ofanoa
The man of death, the man of death on a motorcycle
vaani hivtachti lecha leehov otcha.
And I promised you to love you.
kaniti lecha kartis lerakevet hashedim
I bought you a ticket for the ghost train
im kol hameyoashim shechoshvim shehachayim hem
With all the desperate ones who think that life is
min tiul kaze mutzlach leluna park.
Some kind of successful trip to an amusement park.
kaniti lecha kartis lemarot hahafuchot,
I bought you a ticket to the distorted mirrors,
hayinu mechoarim, hayinu hafuchim
We were ugly, we were reversed
aval hivtachti lecha leehov otcha
But I promised you to love you
bechal hamekomot.
In every place.
kadurim mipelastik sham yarinu,
Plastic bullets they shot there,
barvazim shochvu beli noa,
Ducks lay motionless,
kesherakadnu heemadnu sham panim
When we danced we put on the faces
shel sheney kedoshim,
Of two saints,
verainu eych beir shelema
And we watched as in an entire city
lochem sham ish hakocha ,
A strongman fought there,
uvaramkolim shamanu shir :
And on the loudspeakers we heard a song:
ish hamavet, ish hamavet al ofanoa
The man of death, the man of death on a motorcycle
hu azav et, hu azav et hachayim
He left, he left this life
ish hamavet, ish hamavet al ofanoa
The man of death, the man of death on a motorcycle
vaani hivtachti lecha leehov otcha.
And I promised you to love you.
kaniti lecha kartis kenisa leluna park
I bought you an entrance ticket to the amusement park
im kol haanashim shebaim lachgog,
With all the people who come to celebrate,
lakachat mimigbelot chufsha, lesachek min chag
To take a holiday from limitations, to play a kind of feast
harey yom echad bahir yetzaltzel hagong.
For one bright day the gong will ring.
kaniti lecha kartis, aval amarta ,
I bought you a ticket, but you said,
im ata mavticha li laad
If you promise me forever
ken, hivtachti lecha, leehov otcha
Yes, I promised you, to love you
ken hivtachti lecha, bechal hamekomot.
Yes I promised you, in every place.
begalgal anak bazeman hana barucha histovavnu,
On the giant wheel as it moved in the wind we spun,
histovavnu bachayim zerukim
We spun through lives discarded
begi'ns sheney anashim.
Two people in jeans.
bamechoniot hamitnageshot bigvul hayam naganu,
In the bumper cars at the edge of the sea we touched,
uvaramkolim shamanu shir:
And on the loudspeakers we heard a song:
ish hamavet, kir hamavet, al ofanoa
The man of death, the wall of death, on a motorcycle
ish chadash yisa halayla al hakir,
A new man will ride tonight on the wall,
haacharon nasa leluna park gavoha ,
The last one rode to an amusement park up high,
nisharu od kama kartisim.
There are still a few tickets left.
ish hamavet, kir hamavet, al ofanoa
The man of death, the wall of death, on a motorcycle
ish chadash yisa halayla al hakir ,
A new man will ride tonight on the wall,
haacharon nasa leluna park gavoha ,
The last one rode to an amusement park up high,
nisharu od kama kartisim.
There are still a few tickets left.
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