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Layla Lo Shaket

Restless Night

by Shlomo Artzi

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venisharti etzlech
And I stayed at your place
keshehayit levusha
When you were dressed
bivgadim shel kala muchana
In a bride's clothes ready
od meat elech
Soon I'll leave
at vaday margisha
You surely feel it
lo ashir siman
I won't leave a trace
gam avi hitahev
My father too fell in love
paam achat beachat
Once with one woman
veachshav hu zaken adin
And now he's a gentle old man
uvaradyo roed hazamar keshehu shar
And on the radio the singer trembles as he sings
al chayim verudim
About rosy lives
al techabi et haradyo hayashan
Don't turn off the old radio
al tirdemi lifney sheishan
Don't fall asleep before I do
al techabi et haor
Don't turn off the light
lifney shenakshiv lo od
Before we listen to it once more
over od shir baradyo hayashan
Another song plays on the old radio
ani mashir otach
I'm leaving you
veaf lesham
And flying there
rak takvi sheod echzor sheod echezor
Just hope that I'll still return that I'll still return
lo omeret li kelum tishaer o telech
She says nothing to me stay or go
lo omeret emet gedola
She doesn't speak a great truth
veharadyo mimul kol halayla dolek
And the radio across the room glows all night
uvarak bachalon shelah
And flashes in her window
veashir shir aluv uvchal zot mukar
And I'll sing a wretched yet familiar song
mi ze sar ze ani o hu
Who is it singing is it me or him
ekronot, zichronot eynam haikar
Principles, memories are not what matters
ma shenishar (sach hakol lo kelum)!!!
What remains (nothing at all in the end)!!!
al techabi et haradyo hayashan
Don't turn off the old radio
al tirdemi lifney sheishan
Don't fall asleep before I do
al techabi et haor
Don't turn off the light
lifney shenakshiv lo od
Before we listen to it once more
over od shir baradyo hayashan
Another song plays on the old radio
ani mashir otach
I'm leaving you
veaf lesham
And flying there
rak takvi sheod echzor sheod echezor
Just hope that I'll still return that I'll still return
bamartef hayashan
In the old basement
beemtza hair
In the center of town
bamakom heagol hasaduk
In the round cracked spot
zug echad od nishar
One couple still remains
meotam hayamim
From those days
velanetzach hem yirkedu
And forever they will dance
aval po ze lo sham
But here is not there
po borchim mamtikot
Here they flee from sweetness
muchrachim ki hakol nigmar
They must because it's all over
po baradyo hayashan
Here on the old radio
shar zemer kol saduk
A singer with a cracked voice sings
venitzchi tov, hu rak zemer
And eternally good, he's just a singer
al techabi et haradyo hayashan
Don't turn off the old radio
al tirdemi lifney sheishan
Don't fall asleep before I do
al techabi et haor
Don't turn off the light
lifney shenakshiv lo od
Before we listen to it once more
over od shir baradyo hayashan
Another song plays on the old radio
ani mashir otach
I'm leaving you
veaf lesham
And flying there
rak takvi sheod echzor sheod echezor
Just hope that I'll still return that I'll still return
al techabi et haradyo hayashan
Don't turn off the old radio
al tirdemi lifney sheishan
Don't fall asleep before I do
al techabi et haor
Don't turn off the light
lifney shenakshiv lo od
Before we listen to it once more
over od shir baradyo hayashan
Another song plays on the old radio
ani mashir otach
I'm leaving you
veaf lesham
And flying there
rak takvi sheod echzor sheod echezor
Just hope that I'll still return that I'll still return
al techabi et haradyo hayashan
Don't turn off the old radio
al tirdemi lifney sheishan
Don't fall asleep before I do
al techabi et haor
Don't turn off the light
lifney shenakshiv lo od
Before we listen to it once more
over od shir baradyo hayashan
Another song plays on the old radio
ani mashir otach
I'm leaving you
veaf lesham
And flying there
rak takvi sheod echzor sheod echezor
Just hope that I'll still return that I'll still return
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