Alternative Hebrew

Bepundak katan benamal katan
Sham hayayin adom venotzetz
Bepundak katan hen yashvu shloshtan
Im kvarnit v’lo - regel me'etz.

Ve'amar hakvarnit: ‘Ein davar, ein davar
Od machar tisa'eni sfina el hayam,
El hayam hakachol od machar.’

Ha'achat nashka, hashniya tzachaka
Hashlishit et sfamo tekatzetz.
Kach yashvu shloshtan bepundak katan
Im kvarnit v’lo - regel me'etz

Ve'amar hakvarnit…

Az lakach chatan mipundak katan
Ha’achat al of’no’a me’etz.
Venotru shteihen bepundak ashen
Im kvarnit v’lo – regel me’etz.

Ve'amar hakvarnit…

Lepundak domem az nichnas kosem Vehafach hashniya lo lenetz.
Venotra batzad hash’lishit levad
Im kvarnit v’lo – regel me’etz.

Ve'amar hakvarnit…

Hitka'es k’varnit az al hash’lishit
Vekoso bashulchan hu nipetz.
Befundak katan az berosh murkan
Hu yashav rak im - regel ha'etz.

Ve'amar hakvarnit…

Alternative English

In a small tavern, in a small port,
Where the wine is sparkling red
In a small tavern, the three women sat
With a captain with a wooden leg.

And the captain said, ‘No matter, no matter,
Tomorrow a ship will take me out to sea,
To the blue sea tomorrow.’

One was kissing, another was laughing,
The third one trimmed his moustache.
Thus the three of them sat in a small tavern
With a captain with a wooden leg.

And the captain said…

Then a groom took away from the small tavern
One woman on a wooden motorcycle
And two of them were left in a smoky tavern
With a captain with a wooden leg.

And the captain said…

Then a magician entered the silent tavern
And turned another woman into a hawk
And the third one was left alone on the side
With a captain with a wooden leg

And the captain said…

Then the captain got angry at the third one
And smashed his glass on the table.
In a small tavern, his head bowed,
He then sat alone with only the wooden leg.

And the captain said…