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Kol Yom

Every Day

by Shlomo Artzi

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hadevarim habaim chashuvim li beemet/
The following things truly matter to me,
im at ohevet oti adayin/
If you still love me,
shetiri oti ayin beayin/
That you'd look me in the eye,
shetechaki li kol yom/
That you'd wait for me every day.
bemerchak neshima ani becha mabit/
A breath away I gaze at you,
veharegesh shuv mitmale/
And the feeling fills up again,
metzayer lecha balayla lev/
Drawing you a heart at night
baashan hasedinim halevanim
In the smoke of the white sheets.
kol ze ba kol ze ba umofia eley/
All of this comes, all of this comes and appears to me,
bachalom uvametziut/
In dream and in reality,
baleylot shuv nirshemet bedidut/
At night loneliness registers again,
ufachad sheba lamut/
And a fear that comes to die.
hayamim shuv tasim, anashim mitchapesim/
The days fly by again, people put on disguises,
al haderech ani otzer/
Along the way I stop,
im hayeled shebetochi medaber/
Talking to the child inside me,
al tishachach oti hu omer..../
Don't forget me, he says...
kol yom...
Every day...
shoshanim basadot/
And I'm climbing God's small
vaani metapes al chelkat elohim/ haketana/
And I'm climbing God's small plot of land,
mitapes al hamangina/
That I loved deep within me.
sheahavti betoch tochi/
You part from me for a few days,
at nifredet mimeni lechama yamim/
And I'm waiting again,
vaani shuv behamtana/
At night the cold begins,
baleylot matchila tzina/
Praying you won't cut me off.
mitpalel shel tachtechi
Praying you won't cut me off
kol ze ba kol ze ba umofia eley/
All of this comes, all of this comes and appears to me,
bachalom uvametziut/
In dream and in reality,
baleylot shuv nirshemet bedidut/
At night loneliness registers again,
ufachad sheba lamut/
And a fear that comes to die.
hayamim shuv tasim, anashim mitchapesim/
The days fly by again, people put on disguises,
al haderech ani otzer/
Along the way I stop,
im hayeled shebetochi medaber/
Talking to the child inside me,
al tishachach oti hu omer..../
Don't forget me, he says...
kol yom...
Every day...
egoizm vaadinut...
Egoism and tenderness...
alimut vechenut betoch oto adom/
Violence and honesty inside a red car,
kol yom...
Every day...
hadevarim habaim chashuvim li beemet/
The following things truly matter to me,
im at ohevet oti adayin/
If you still love me,
shetiri oti ayin beayin/
That you'd look me in the eye,
shetechaki li kol yom
That you'd wait for me every day.
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