Hachaim hem kol kach yoter mimah sheyesh lirot
halev rotzeh gvo'a veharosh noten makot
osher i efshar liknot
aval yesh lanu od zman lehitanot
(ulegalot et ha'emet al...)

Kol hakesef ba'olam lo yikne lecha chaver
bein tov lera tagid li -
mah ata bocher?
ani chayav lespaer lacham,
chayav ledaber
ani chayav ki halev sheli bo'er
ro'eh et kol hapesh'a eharesh'a,
alimut bechol pinah
ro'eh ech hapachad hofech lesin'ah
ve'anashim shikorim miko'ach,
lo me'ahavah
bamerutz acharei hakesef ve'acharei hatehilah
aval hachaim hem yoter mizeh,
lo ani lo rotzeh kazeh
manhigim mikarton -
hem mle'im bezeh
tnu li ko'ach lir'ot sheyesh tov veyafeh mizeh
bapanim kulam yod'im she'zeh lo zeh.

Ki hachaim hem...

Kamah rechokim anachnu,
kamah rechokim
umah ratzinu lihyot?
basof kulanu shochachim
mitmakrim bekalut letiskol ulep'chadim
ve'lo motz'im ve'lo motz'im.
Hem mesaprim lanu sheme'uchar
ve'lo netaken lev shenishbar
omrim shehachalon nisar,
omrim shezeh nigmar
aval et ma shehem ro'im akum -
ani roe yashar
ein kazeh daver,
ein kazeh davar.
Ki k'shedelet nisgeret az niftechet acheret
vegam im ha'emet mistateret -
hachaim hem matanah
veyesh lanu gan eden kan -
al pnei ha'adamah.