THE HAREL BATTLE
Boom bo, bo boom, boom, boom
The whole universe is dark,
the hill is obscured, the road is black,
the city is starving under siege--
there's no bread, there's nothing, nothing.
Boom bo, bo boom, boom, boom
We will not sleep tonight.
We'll cross the road silently
with forty bullets for each man--
guard me, merciful God.
Open your shutters slowly,
because we're passing across from your house:
everyone almost, almost,
almost, and we are not returning.
Boom bo, bo boom, boom, boom
Our hearts are already closed--
thirty on Nebi Samuel,
seventeen on the Kastel,
the convoy Nebi Daniel,
so we will stand again.
The night of darkness here above
hides in itself a knife.
If we return again from this night,
we'll have aged twenty years.
So you'll see again, you'll see again,
the open road!
You'll see again, you'll see again,
the open road!
Who goes there? It's the wind:
the ambusher between the shrubs.
Our ruptured glance
still remembers (our) brothers' graves.
So you'll see again, you'll see again,
the open road!
You'll see again, you'll see again,
the open road!
Your beloved went out to the battle,
your beloved went out to the battle,
but where is he now?
From the road, he hasn't returned.
From the road, he hasn't returned,
the dust covers his eyes.
His comrades dug his grave,
because he didn't live until morning.
If we return, girl,
if we return, girl,
if we come back, in retreat:
then put your black dress on.
Put your black dress on,
to remember the whole group:
because only ten of us will remain
from the plugah (company) by morning.
Boom bo, bo boom, boom, boom
Our hearts are already closed--
thirty on Nebi Samuel,
seventeen on the Kastel,
the convoy Nebi Daniel...red-headed Moshe, Michael,
Menachem, Tsvikah, and Samuel,
and Moti, Gad, and Betsalel--
so we will stand again!
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