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Le'azazel Eich Lo Yadati

Damn, I Never Knew

by Shlomo Artzi

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laazazel eych lo yadati?
Damn, how did I not know?
lehabit yashar letoch hashemesh
To look straight into the sun
lishmor al haisha sheahavti
To keep the woman I loved
gam acharey layla echad
Even after one night
hayiti met misakranut kevar
I was dying of curiosity already
ladaat kol sof shel sipur kevar
To know every ending of every story
al ze hayita az omer:
About this you would say then:
"chake besavlanut batzad"
"Wait patiently on the side"
laazazel, olam politi
Damn, a political world
amarta li keshelo raiti
You told me when I couldn't see
achzariut bilti nisbelet
Unbearable cruelty
tipesh tzochek bizman hasof
A fool laughing at the time of the end
lo, lo tihye shuv paam acheret
No, there won't be another time again
lachashta li beemtza seret
You whispered to me in the middle of a film
"nashim yaasu lecha tzarot
"Women will give you trouble
gevarim lo yaasu cheshbon"
Men won't account for themselves"
az lifamim ata chaser li
So sometimes I miss you
ahuv lerega o lishnayim
Beloved for a moment or two
velifamim kesheata medaber iti
And sometimes when you speak to me
beemtza layla beli kochav
In the middle of a night without stars
ani ohev kesheata omer li
I love when you say to me
itecha baesh itecha bamayim
With you through fire with you through water
bo nachazik et haahava bechocha
Let's hold on to love with force
kedey sheaf paam lo tivrach
So it will never escape
laazazel, eych lo yadati?
Damn, how did I not know?
al ma nilchamti becha kemo yeled?
What was I fighting you for like a child?
bisde hateufa nirdamti
At the airport I fell asleep
baraash shel hametosim
In the noise of the planes
hamilchama shel hafanatim
The fanatics' war
horga lanu et kol hasheket
Killed all our quiet
al ze hayita az omer:
About this you would say then:
"im tilachem basof tafsid"
"If you fight you'll lose in the end"
az lifamim ata chaser li...
So sometimes I miss you...
laazazel eych lo yadati?
Damn, how did I not know?
letaken t'fntz'r keshenitkati
To fix the puncture when I got stuck
shuv hityashavti mul hashemesh
I sat again before the sun
mabit beeynay haanashim
Looking into the eyes of people
haim laatzor, haim lalechet?
Should I stop, should I go?
laazazel, shuv lo yadati
Damn, again I didn't know
pitom shamati otcha omer:
Suddenly I heard you saying:
"al tityaesh pashut tamshich"
"Don't despair, just keep going"
ken, lifamim ata chaser li...
Yes, sometimes I miss you...
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