KOCHAVIM BADU
Noga sh'mei hakotev, karchonei einayim
Ni-am nim vazemer barburei z'ro'ot
Chen k'miha vala'ag, charsinat shinayim
Achzarit, chomedet v'yafa me'od.
Etsba'ot havered, tsif'onei b'dolach
Kishufei tsafon b'lahat hamaga
Kol kochvei halechet, lo ay'fu badu lach
Al malchei hasheleg u'n'sichei tuga.
Chorus:
Hayamim hifligu, m'frasim ba'ofek
Hatikvot hech'zivu, hazayot ashan
Tsipiya niseret, v'erga l'yofi
Et libech hisgiru shevi lakivshan.
Vatifga hashemesh bisfinat hakerach -
Vayimas hakerach, vatikpa ha'esh.
V'odech tova'at likrateich, al haberech,
Tsel muzar koreya v'lachashim lochesh:
Bo'i v'tir'i na li ha"yesh" v"ayn"
Bi yivku yaronu maduchei ha'krach
Bim'silot ein cheker nad halum hayayin
Pereh dam ben zemer m'fulad varach.
Bo'i v'tir'i na toch sufot haya'ar
Bishvileich nasati sod hanitsachon
Rak otach iviti, rak alai hana'ar
Kochavim badu lach b'shalgei tzafon...!
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THE STARS LIED
The brightness of the polar skies, the icebergs of eyes,
The movement and song, branches like swans
The charm of yearning and ridicule, the porcelain of teeth,
Cruel, coveting and very beautiful.
The fingers of a rose, vipers of crystal,
The magic of the north in the heated fervour of touch
All the stars of your wanderings have not tired of lying to you
Those kings of snow and princes of grief.
Chorus:
The days departed, sailed away to the horizon
The hopes dissapointed, the hallucinations turned to smoke
An excited expectation yearned for beauty
But they gave your heart away to the furnace.
And the sun will touch the icey boat,
And the ice will melt and the fire will freeze
And you still drown, as you go towards it on your knee
A strange shadow bows down and whispers this incantation:
Come and show me the "have" and "have not"
In me the reports in the book will cry and sing.
Wandering on unexplored paths and drunk from wine
A bloody savage, son of song, hard like steel yet soft.
Come and show me, in the middle of the forests' storms
For you I have brought the secret of victory
Only you I desired, only for me the youth
The stars have lied to you in the snows of the north!
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