MISHE'HU TAMID

MISHE'HU TAMID HOLECH ITI	SOMEONE ALWAYS WALKS WITH ME


Hayu yamim chamim yemey batzoret Panai yavshu kesedek adama Sadi kamel velo notar liktzor Sha'alti lachashti bishvil ma Hachoref shuv hika bi kar kacherev Vehamabat ko sagriri bishtey enai Umisidkey kirot nibat ha'etzev Sha'alti lachashti ad matai Ach le'et ere vim ru'ach erev Ale nosher lo al gag beti Ani yoda'at ani shoma'at Mishehu holech tamid iti Ani zocheret bdiduti zo'eket Alit panai bishtey kapot yadai Et tza'ari chilakti im pat lechem Sha'alti ha'omnam ve'im kedai Et tfilotai esa kach hal'ha hal'ha Od lochashot sfatai mitoch on'yi Ani yoda'at mishehu lema'ala Ro'e or ashashit bachaloni	Hot days, drought days My face was dry like a crack in the soil My field withered, nothing left to harvest I asked, I whispered: what for? Winter hit me again, cold as a sword The glaze in my eyes, so cold and rainy Sadness stares from the cracks in the walls I asked, I whispered: until when? But when evening came, with the evening wind A leaf falls on the roof of my home I know, I hear, someone always walks with me I remember my screaming loneliness I will cover my face with my two hands I have shared my sorrow with a piece of bread I asked: is it all worth it? I will carry my prayers on and on My lips whisper out of my poverty I know, someone up there Will see the lamp light in my window

Words transliterated and translated by Chana Shuvaly of Melbourne, Australia.