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Lo Lakachti Lalev

I Didn't Take It to Heart

by Shlomo Artzi

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haolam hachula beod asar shanim, yikpa bevaday,
The sick world in ten more years will surely freeze,
omra koteret itonim,
Said a newspaper headline,
letoch hasalat, nafal hashelet, hageshem yarad, halachti leat.
Into the salad fell the sign, the rain came down, I walked slowly.
lo lakachti lalev raiti etz shenishbar,
I didn't take it to heart, I saw a tree that broke,
betoch sade afti acharayich kemo haparpar,
In the middle of a field I flew after you like the butterfly,
hayinu rechokim hayinu kerovim, lo lakachti lalev yamim arukim.
We were far apart, we were close, I didn't take to heart the long days.
lo lakachti lalev, et ze vehahu,
I didn't take it to heart, you and that one,
bevoker kashe hitchalti larutz,
In a difficult morning I began to run,
lo lakachti lalev, keshekulam nishberu,
I didn't take it to heart when everyone broke,
nihyeyti chashud,
I became suspect,
lo lakachti lalev, lo nishbarti nafshit,
I didn't take it to heart, I didn't break mentally,
mitoch hasibuch, asiti hipuch,
Out of the tangle, I made a reversal,
hidlakti t or hakatan hapenimi,
I turned on the small inner light,
shemeaz vetamid ze haor hechashuv.
Which has always been the important light.
al tikechi lach lalev, et kol mi shemaashim,
Don't take to heart all those who accuse,
ze sheamar lach ohev, veachar kach hichchish,
The one who told you he loves you and then denied it,
al tikechi lach lalev et hayom hameunan,
Don't take to heart the cloudy day,
hademaot lifamim zolgot meatzman.
The tears sometimes flow on their own.
haolam hatoe yamshich od litot,
The mistaken world will continue to err,
et ma shekore rak hahistorya tishpot,
What happens only history will judge,
tizochri eych belondon beyom shel muaka,
Remember how in London on a day of gloom,
tzachaknu mehamelech vehamalka.
We laughed at the king and queen.
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