Menagev Lecha Et Hadmaot

Wiping Your Tears

by Shlomo Artzi

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lokachat chatzi kadur lehargia et atzmah,

She takes half a pill to calm herself down,

vezoreket mishpat shel himur: "ze ata ,o ani, o ata?"

And tosses a gamble of a phrase: "Is it you, or me, or you?"

vaani betochi sagur, milvati kevar eynan yotzot,

And I am closed inside myself, my words no longer emerge,

vechutz mililchosh et shemah,

And except for whispering her name,

menagev lah et hademaot.

I wipe her tears.

tivki li achshav,

Cry for me now,

tivki ani omer,

Cry, I say,

ze koev, ze yichav,

It hurts, it will hurt,

aval basof ze yishtachrer,

But in the end it will be released,

tivki bimkomi,

Cry in my place,

ani kevar lo yachol livkot,

I can no longer cry,

ani, tafkidi-

I, my role —

lenagev lach et hademaot.

To wipe your tears.

"tire" hi omeret li, "arafel mechase et hakevish,

"Look" she says to me, "fog covers the road,

habeayot matchilot barosh, hachayim mafchidim maspik".

The problems begin in the head, life is frightening enough".

vaani betochi sagur, lo yachol shum davar lirot,

And I am closed inside myself, I cannot see anything,

vechutz mililchosh et shemah, menagev lah et hademaot.

And except for whispering her name, I wipe her tears.