Hayo hayah echad tov lev aval k'tzat tembel
echad shk'var tzavar harbeh sha'ot shel sevel
ad sheyom echad pagash bamazal
shehe'if oto le'eretz bachalal
ken tivkeh tish'poch partzuf shel egel
sheholech tamid hafuch kazeh min tembel

Tembel, tembel

Be'emtza hasadeh pit'om ra'ah hatembel
kisa'ot shloshah lekol kise yesh degel
kise shel orchim kise shel k'tzinim
vekursa rekah lam'lachim
al hakise shel ha'orchim yashav hatembel
bli shum kef kol kach ayef margish be'evel

Tembel, tembel

Hu rak yashav lo his'pik lehitrave'ach
hameshar'tim mazgu chavit shel yayin la'oreach
achal mehasir shatah k'mo chazir
vehirgish chazak k'mo par tza'ir
ach'rei sheham'tumtam shatah od sefel
lekise shel hakatzin avar hatembel

Tembel, tembel

Al hakise hazeh hirgish pit'om beko'ach
gever im beitzim aval bli mo'ach
hu giyes ta'umah veshider t'asisma
ha'idiot hich'riz milchamah
hatzava shelo kavash lo et haderech
la'avor lashevet al kise hamelech

Al kise hamelech hu dafak im haraglaim
besimchat shilton tzarach ad hashamaim
tihyu abirim tihyu chaverim
milah achat sheli atem g'murim
afilu Elohim nik'shar bechevel
hu hich'zik otam mamash katzar hatembel

Tembel, tembel

Aval hatembel, ish tov lev achen nir'ah lo
lechalek la'am et kol mah shehayah lo
ve'az hakise hitnadned k'mo arsal
hatipesh hitalef venafal
hu hitorer be'arimah shel kash vezevel
biv'gadim bahem nolad irom vetembel

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