BERESHIT (2)
Hineh zeh ba, hineh zeh magi'a...
Befalestinah eretz israel reshit hame'ah
chayu kamah sh'vetim al otah ha'adamah
nivdelu eleh me'eleh badat, safah
yachasim beineihem lo hayu mi yode'a mah.
He'eshimu zeh et zeh bechol hatzarot
chashdu zeh bezeh histaksechu al gvulot.
Bachu harbeh dma'ot al yam shel kurbanot,
ve'lo lamdu klum, shum davar lo hishtanah.
Befalestinah eretz israel reshit hame'ah
ha'ashirim chipsu kombinah la'asot od makah
al gav ha'ani'im she'lo hevinu she'hem harov
chashvu shezeh tva'i lichyot et kol hachayim bechov.
Ki hage'ulah hi me'ever lapinah
vehamashi'ach ba machar vego'el t'amedinah.
Bereshit hame'ah,
bereshit ha'asor,
me'afar bata
le'afar tachzor.
Bereshit hashanah,
bereshit hachodesh
od yom shel chol be'eretz hakodesh.
Bereshit hashavu'a,
bereshit hayom,
hama'agal chozer le'oto makom.
Bereshit hasha'ah,
bereshit hadakah,
lo masgirim simanim shel sh'tikah.
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Befalestinah eretz israel reshit hame'ah
nidmeh hayah shebchol sha'ah ototo zeh koreh,
hineh zeh ba hineh zeh magi'a,
vetoch sh'niot zeh mishtaneh.
Hineh niftachat delet,
kamut efsharuyot,
hi lo mugbelet,
avirah shel tikvah, avirah shel chidush
hechlifu lizman katzar et haye'ush.
Befalestinah eretz israel reshit hame'ah
yatza adam mibeito lechatzro
yashav tachat gifno vechashav le'atzmo
ech hu ohev et ishto
et bno b'choro mazkir lo oto.
Ech nim'as lo kol hayom lekater,
vekamah hu rotzeh
shehakol kvar yistader.
Bereshit hame'ah, bereshit ha'asur...
Befalestinah eretz israel reshit hame'ah
ani yotze mebeiti choshev al ishti al bni b'chori,
choshev shenim'as li kol hayom lekater
vekamah kvar ba li shehakol yistader.
Od yom be'eretz hakodesh...
Hineh zeh ba, hineh zeh magi'a...
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IN THE BEGINNING
Here it comes, it's on its way...
In Palestine Land of Israel at the start of the century
a few tribes lived on the same piece of land
they differed one from another in religion, language
the relations between them weren't so great.
They blamed one another for all their ills,
distrusted each other, got caught up over borders.
They cried many tears over an ocean of victims,
and didn't learn a thing, nothing ever changed.
In Palestine Land of Israel at the start of the century
the rich search for a way to give another whack on the back of the poor who didn't understand that they were the majority
they thought it's natural to live all their lives in debt
for redemption is just around the corner
and the messiah's coming tomorrow to save the State.
At the start of the century,
at the start of the decade,
from dust you came,
unto dust you shall return.
At the start of the year,
at the start of the month,
another day of profanity in the holy land.
At the start of the week,
at the start of the day,
the cycle returns to the same place.
At the start of the hour,
at the start of the minute
No sign of quiet is left.
(x2)
In Palestine Land of Israel at the start of the century
it seemed that at each hour it was about to happen,
"here it comes, it's on the way!"
and it switched within a second.
The door is opened,
the amount of possibilities
is not limited
an atmosphere of hope, atmosphere of renewal
replaced the despair in a short time.
In Palestine Land of Israel at the start of the century
a man walked out from his house to his yard
sat under his vines and thought to himself
how much he loves his wife
how his first-born son reminds him of himself
how he's had enough of moaning all day,
and how much he wishes
that everything would just work out already.
At the start of the century...
In Palestine Land of Israel at the start of the century
I leave my home, think of my wife, my first-born son,
how much I've had enough of moaning all day long
And how much I just want everything to work out.
Another day in the holy land...
Here it comes, it's on its way...
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