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edey rei siperu sherau,
Eyewitnesses said they saw,
et hamatos shelah cholef bashamayim meal tel aviv,
Her plane passing through the sky over Tel Aviv,
aval af echad lo raa oti,
But no one saw me,
yoshev basade, mul besis cheyl haavir.
Sitting in a field, across from the air force base.
vechamuyot haahava shenatati lah, lo tekabel meaf echad,
And the quantities of love I gave her, she won't receive from anyone,
afilu binyu york.
Not even in New York.
achar kach nasati liknot perachim leshabat,
Afterward I went to buy flowers for the Sabbath,
mehayeled hakatan shebaramzor.
From the small boy at the traffic light.
ani yodea shenosa lechapes sham et atzmah,
I know she went to search for herself there,
lo haya lah chashuv legalot et kol hayekum,
It wasn't important to her to discover the entire universe,
uvaerev kesheshaalu oti anashim lishlomah,
And in the evening when people asked about her wellbeing,
lo, lo siparti lahem kelum.
No, I didn't tell them anything.
ani batucha shehaahava nimtzet od eyfshehu sham,
I'm sure love is still somewhere out there,
hi ahava et leyonard kohen kevar bahatchala,
She loved Leonard Cohen already at the beginning,
rak tzeirim mechurim leahava kazot,
Only the young are addicted to love like that,
keshehem yotzim lirkod dans, bediskotekim shel halayla.
When they go out to dance, in the nighttime discotheques.
az tirkedu, tirkedu, et hashir sheli aley,
So dance, dance, my song about her,
kol echad vehasipur shelo,
Everyone and their story,
tistakelu tistakelu, lemala mi yodea,
Look up, look up, who knows,
lemata yesh tamid keev gadol.
Down below there is always great pain.
edey rei siperu sherau oti yotze mehabayit,
Eyewitnesses said they saw me leaving the house,
markiv mishkafayim, magia lair.
Putting on glasses, arriving in the city.
aval echad lo raa oti yoshev mazmin kafe,
But no one saw me sitting, ordering coffee,
umet eley migaguim.
Dying of longing for her.
vechamuyot haahava shenatati lah, lo tekabel meaf echad, kulam niru seveim,
And the quantities of love I gave her, she won't receive from anyone, everyone seemed full,
achar kach hikshavti baradyo, lashir sheahava,
Afterward I listened on the radio to the song she loved,
shir shechucha el mishenot hashivim.
A song of strength, from the seventies.
ani yodea shehayu lah deot al hachayim,
I know she had opinions about life,
lo haya lah chashuv lehabia otan, hi lo tofsa makom,
It wasn't important to her to express them, she didn't take up space,
ani zocher shetzaakti az, tzeaka shelo shomim,
I remember I cried out then, a cry no one hears,
kol echad vehasipur shelo.
Everyone and their story.
ani batucha shehaahava nimtzet od eyfshehu sham,
I'm sure love is still somewhere out there,
hi ahava et leyonard kohen kevar bahatchala,
She loved Leonard Cohen already at the beginning,
rak tzeirim mechurim leahava kazot,
Only the young are addicted to love like that,
keshehem yotzim lirkod dans, bediskotekim shel halayla.
When they go out to dance, in the nighttime discotheques.
az tirkedu, tirkedu, et hashir sheli aley,
So dance, dance, my song about her,
kol echad vehasipur shelo,
Everyone and their story,
tistakelu tistakelu, lemala mi yodea,
Look up, look up, who knows,
lemata yesh tamid keev gadol.
Down below there is always great pain.
edey rei siperu sherau,
Eyewitnesses said they saw,
et hamatos shelah cholef bashamayim meal tel aviv,
Her plane passing through the sky over Tel Aviv,
aval af echad lo raa oti,
But no one saw me,
yoshev basade, mul besis cheyl haavir.
Sitting in a field, across from the air force base.
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