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Shaalty Ma Kara

I Asked What Happened

by Shlomo Artzi

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haya ze yom bahir,
It was a bright day,
shamayim beli anan,
Skies without a cloud,
ze lo gan eden po, im yesh gan eden sham.
It's not paradise here, if there's paradise up there.
afilu haavir haya pitom matok.
Even the air was suddenly sweet.
shaalti ma kara,
I asked what happened,
shaalti ma kara.
I asked what happened.
lemaan haemet,
In all honesty,
tzarich lomar pashut,
Need to say simply,
ratziti kevar lehitabed itecha merav yeush.
I already wanted to take my life with you out of sheer despair.
tamid acharey hasearot nirga pitom.
Always after the storms, everything calms down suddenly.
shaalti ma kara,
I asked what happened,
shaalti ma kara
I asked what happened
hayom.
Today.
chaval - al tehorsi,
What a shame — don't destroy it,
chaval - al teshakeri,
What a shame — don't lie,
chaval, lo yihyu kevar yamim kemo hayom.
What a shame, there won't be days like today again.
beshesh esre lemay,
On the sixteenth of May,
lifney sheloshim shana,
Thirty years ago,
mibeyt hasefer al ofanayim sheavi kana,
From school on a bicycle my father bought,
hirgashti kacha meushar beli beayot.
I felt so happy without any problems.
shaalti ma kara,
I asked what happened,
shaalti ma kara
I asked what happened
hayom.
Today.
chaval - al tehorsi...
What a shame — don't destroy it...
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