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Tzarich Lehitkaddem

Need to Move Forward

by Shlomo Artzi

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tirkod 1984
Dance 1984
lo, eyney lo hayu kashot min haragil gam shadey lo,
No, her eyes were not harder than usual and her breasts weren't either,
lo kol hachashashot ovrim im hagil, gam lo hachalomot.
Not all the anxieties pass with age, nor the dreams.
shaalti otah, im hi ohevet seret,
I asked her if she likes a film,
beir gedola matzigim hakol, horchovot hayu meleim,
In a big city they show everything, the streets were full,
shaalti im gam li notar makom.
I asked if there's room left for me too.
tzarich lehitkadem ma, tzarich haya lashevet.
Need to move forward, what, need to sit down.
ratzuy lo lehabit mi milifney umi meachor,
Better not to look who is ahead and who is behind,
ratzuy lo lefached mimilchama o meisha ozevet,
Better not to fear war or a woman leaving,
ratzuy lanua, ki anachnu po, beyn ko vacho...
Better to move, because we are here, no matter what...
lo, itah lo hitchatanti, lo hitgarashti,
No, I didn't marry her, didn't divorce,
bevaday lo, ata chatzi mita lamrot hakol.
Certainly not, you're half a bed despite everything.
gam lu nitan lanu ketzat netzach lo haya keday lo,
Even if given a bit of eternity it wouldn't be worth it, no,
lehishaer takua beoto makom.
To remain stuck in the same place.
shaalti otah, im hi yodaat ma ze bechi,
I asked her if she knows what crying is,
bochta ketzat binurey veachshav kevar lo boer,
Cried a little in her youth and now no longer burns,
mastirim michtav o shir katan,
Hiding a letter or a small poem,
lichidim motek livkot kesheba lahem.
For individuals, sweetheart, to cry when they feel like it.
tzarich lehitkadem ma, tzarich haya lashevet.
Need to move forward, what, need to sit down.
ratzuy lo lehabit mi milifney umi meachor,
Better not to look who is ahead and who is behind,
ratzuy lo lefached mimilchama o meisha ozevet,
Better not to fear war or a woman leaving,
ratzuy lanua, ki anachnu po, beyn ko vacho...
Better to move, because we are here, no matter what...
"im hashanim nihyeyta dey chalash, im hanashim ahavta,
"Over the years you became quite weak, with the women you loved,
im hashirim nihyeyta dey zemer kol ma shekotvu" omra,
With the songs you became quite a singer, everything they wrote" she said,
"vaday shelo nichtevet, lo yichtevu keshelo yihye al ma..."
"Surely you were not written, they won't write when there's nothing to write about..."
boi lo nikach lalev, nelech leseret,
Let's not take it to heart, let's go to a film,
baseratim rak hamasach zoher. lo eyney lo hayu kashot beterem sheholcha
In films only the screen shines. No, her eyes were not hard before she left
omra keshetishaer, keday lecha lehizaher.
She said when you stay, you'd better be careful.
tzarich lehitkadem ma, tzarich haya lashevet.
Need to move forward, what, need to sit down.
ratzuy lo lehabit mi milifney umi meachor,
Better not to look who is ahead and who is behind,
ratzuy lo lefached mimilchama o meisha ozevet,
Better not to fear war or a woman leaving,
ratzuy lanua, ki anachnu po, beyn ko vacho...
Better to move, because we are here, no matter what...
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