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uchvar avar dey zeman meaz shehayinu po,
And already quite some time has passed since we were here,
sim lev eych mashehu po hishtana.
Notice how something here has changed.
shinu et habama,
They changed the stage,
ata zocher eych chayinu po,
You remember how we lived here,
beyn shir leshir beyn dima lamangina.
Between one song and the next, between a tear and a melody.
katavti lemishehu michtav,
I wrote someone a letter,
tzerafti tzilum dahuy,
I attached a faded photograph,
sheneynu ochazim naara, neechazim bemashehu.
The two of us holding a girl, holding on to something.
bair hazot yesh elef nearot, ulay,
In this city there are a thousand girls, maybe,
rak ani gar levad, im kelev sheshomer aley.
Only I live alone, with a dog that watches over me.
uchvar avar dey zeman, meaz hatzilum hahu,
And already quite some time has passed, since that photograph,
hitchatanti beyntayim, lama ata lo over?
I got married in the meantime, why don't you move on?
haahava hi mashehu, lifamim hi od taut,
Love is something, sometimes it is still a mistake,
al hamilchama ani lo rotze ledaber.
About the war I don't want to talk.
katavti lemishehi michtav,
I wrote someone a letter,
michtav avud beli ketovet,
A lost letter without an address,
al hashulchan notra pitka shel ahava.
On the table remained a note of love.
katavti lah: ani ohev otcha, ohev ad mavet,
I wrote to her: I love you, love unto death,
ani ohev otcha ad ahava.
I love you unto love.
teshev, teshev, nisa lehofaa shenit,
Sit down, sit down, let us go to a second show,
nishkach meeyfo banu.
We'll forget where we came from.
choshev, choshev, masa kaze laananim,
Thinking, thinking, such a journey to the clouds,
vaday yoil gam lanu.
Will surely do us good too.
anachnu kemo shirim mitnahalim baketzev,
We are like songs moving at a pace,
rainu anashim bochim beetzev,
We saw people crying in sadness,
dibarnu kevar alfey milim beretzef,
We spoke already thousands of words in a row,
az ma ratzinu lehagid beetzem?
So what did we mean to say in fact?
shekevar avar dey zeman,
That already quite some time has passed,
hazeman haamiti lo movil oti leshum makom.
The real time doesn't lead me anywhere.
ani choshev al horay, sheasu oti,
I think of my parents, who made me,
al yeladay sheasiti ad hayom.
Of my child that I made until today.
ken, kevar avar dey zeman, hakayitz shuv matchil,
Yes, already quite some time has passed, summer begins again,
mesir et habegadim nihya li kal.
I remove my clothes, I feel light.
haesev mityabesh, nachash baasavim
The grass dries up, a snake in the grass
lochesh umitkachesh leod korban.
Whispers and denies yet another victim.
anachnu kemo shirim mitnahalim baketzev,
We are like songs moving at a pace,
rainu anashim bochim beetzev,
We saw people crying in sadness,
dibarnu kevar alfey milim beretzef,
We spoke already thousands of words in a row,
az ma ratzinu lehagid beetzem?
So what did we mean to say in fact?
shekevar avar dey zeman, meaz shehayinu po,
That already quite some time has passed, since we were here,
sim lev eych mashehu po hishtana.
Notice how something here has changed.
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