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Kmo Az

Like Then

by Shlomo Artzi

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vechal haderech, ken, kol haderech
And the whole way, yes, the whole way
keshehem tzachaku, nirdamti sham.
When they laughed, I fell asleep there.
lo mitztaer shelo hearat oti.
I don't regret that you didn't wake me.
chalamti shehakol kemo az.
I dreamed everything was like back then.
olam mitmotet, merov ambitzyot,
World collapsing from too many ambitions,
merov sheahavti, lo ahavta.
From so much that I loved, you didn't love.
masa badimyon ki sham hachi tov.
A journey in imagination because there it's best.
chalamti shehakol kemo az.
I dreamed everything was like back then.
kemo az matzati li bachoshech
Like back then I found for myself in the darkness
sigarya lehadlik, kemo az.
A cigarette to light, like back then.
kemo az yashavti li bachoshech,
Like back then I sat for myself in the darkness,
sham at nimtzet iti kemo az.
There you are with me like back then.
haya od or, chamesh beerech,
There was still light, about five o'clock,
lo zeman ahava, lo zeman viduy,
Not time for love, not time for confession,
lo, lo shikor, karati berech
No, not drunk, I knelt
amarti: "lo samecha, lo atzuv,
And said: "Not happy, not sad,
titchateni iti shuv?".
Will you marry me again?"
kemo az natati lecha bachoshech,
Like back then I gave you in the darkness,
tabaat anakit, kemo az.
A giant ring, like back then.
kemo az yashavnu shuv bachoshech,
Like back then we sat again in the darkness,
sham at nimtzet iti kemo az.
There you are with me like back then.
kemo az natati lecha bachoshech
Like back then I gave you in the darkness
tabaat anakit, kemo az.
A giant ring, like back then.
kemo az ahavta oti bachoshech,
Like back then you loved me in the darkness,
sham at nimtzet iti kemo az.
There you are with me like back then.
vechal haderech, ken, kol haderech,
And the whole way, yes, the whole way,
lo mitztaer shelo hearat oti.
I don't regret that you didn't wake me.
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