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Yom Echad

One Day

by Shlomo Artzi

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yom echad
One day
kam ayef,
I rose weary,
mitlabet
Debating
em laalot laotobus hamitrachek.
Whether to board the receding bus.
im likpotz
Whether to jump
mimatos,
From a plane,
beli matznecha,
Without a parachute,
im lichtov lach milim,
Whether to write you words,
ki milim halayla mochek.
Because words tonight erases.
mafne aremat ananim
Clearing a pile of clouds
meetmol,
From yesterday,
al gufcha mehayom
On your body today
mitpanek,
Indulging myself,
vechoshev mima hayam
And wondering from what the sea
asuy, im lo miketzat dima?
Is made, if not from a few tears?
al taazvi oti
Don't leave me
lishelot im ani shoel,
To questions, if I am asking,
rak levay oti,
Only accompany me,
ki levad leibud holech.
Because alone I go astray.
ze lo meahava,
This is not from love,
ze lo merachamim,
This is not from pity,
ze hakol,
This is everything,
ki ze hakol,
Because this is everything,
hu zemani.
It is temporary.
im kevar ahava
If there is already love
lama i hasheket?
Why the unrest?
im at baseviva,
If you are nearby,
lama lo pogesh
Why don't I meet
otach beyn hashurot?
You between the lines?
beyn kol i haseder.
Amid all the disorder.
ze hakol, ki hakol hu zemani.
This is everything, because everything is temporary.
im halayla ba
If the night comes
lama i haboker
Why isn't morning here
im haboker ba
If morning comes
lama kam ayef
Why did I rise weary
boet, beyn hashurot
Kicking, between the lines
beyn kol i hesder
Amid all the disorder
ze hakol ki hakol hu zemani.
This is everything, because everything is temporary.
yom echad
One day
kam ayef
I rose weary
im tigei bi meat -
If you touch me a little —
rak tigei
Just touch me
bechelkey hamilim.
In the fragments of words.
meachar lehaif
Too late to cast
bashamayim mabat,
A glance at the skies,
ananim hem hirhur
Clouds are a rather
dey shuli.
Marginal thought.
mafne lach makom,
I clear you space,
mefazer, im efshar,
Scatter, if possible,
yeladim al eyneycha bochot.
Children over your weeping eyes.
vechoshev: lean hayam
And wonder: where does the sea
zorem betom pegishot hachol.
Flow when the sand meetings end.
el taazvi oti lishelot
Don't leave me to questions
im ani shoel,
If I am asking,
tzaltzeli eley bedakot,
Call me by the minutes,
ki hazeman ozel.
Because time is running out.
ze lo meahava,
This is not from love,
ze lo merachamim,
This is not from pity,
ze hakol
This is everything
ki hakol -
Because everything —
hu zemani
Is temporary
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