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Lihyot Le'acherim

To Be for Others

by Shlomo Artzi

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al anashim 1971
About People 1971
betel aviv hair horchovot meleey adam
In Tel Aviv the city the streets are full of people
kimat veeyn chadash
Almost nothing new
uvvatey kafe kosot mahbilim
And in coffee houses steaming glasses
et haparbarim ochel haash
The suburbs are eaten by the moth
kama shehachayim yecholim lihyot dalim
How meager life can be
anashim kemo achbarim
People like mice
rotzim latzet mehachorim
Wanting to come out of the holes
rotzim lauf kemo parparim
Wanting to fly like butterflies
lihyot laacherim
To be for others
betel aviv hair hashemesh meira kol yom
In Tel Aviv the city the sun shines every day
kimat veeyn chadash
Almost nothing new
anashim gedolim notim rak ledaber
Grown people tend only to talk
et haparbarim ochel haash
The suburbs are eaten by the moth
mutav yatchilu paam laasot yoter
Better they would start sometime to do more
anashim kemo achbarim
People like mice
rotzim latzet mehachorim
Wanting to come out of the holes
rotzim lauf kemo parparim
Wanting to fly like butterflies
lihyot laacherim
To be for others
betel aviv hair
In Tel Aviv the city
betel aviv hair davar leetzim velaavanim
In Tel Aviv the city speak to the trees and the stones
nachon eyn kol chadash
True there is nothing new
hasipur sipur atzuv vegam yashan
The story is a sad and old story
et haparbarim ochel haash
The suburbs are eaten by the moth
bachalomot haanashim porchim kemo ashan
In people's dreams they bloom like smoke
anashim kemo achbarim...
People like mice...
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