SHACHMAT
1 L’an halach yaldi? Yaldi ha-tov le’an A
2 chayal shachor makeh chayal lavan A
3 lo yachazor avi, avi lo yachazor B
4 chayal lavan makeh chayal shachor B
5 b’chi bachadarim uvaganim shtika C
6 hamelech mesachek im ha malka C
7 yaldi shuv lo yakum; l’olamim yishan A
8 chayal shachor makeh chayal lavan A
9 avi b’chashecha v’lo yireh od or B
10 chayal lavan makeh chayal shachor B
11 b’chi bachadarim uvagamin shtika C
12 hamelech mesachek im ha malka C
13 yaldi sheb’chiki, achshav ho b’anan A
14 chayal shachor makeh chayal lavan A
15 avi b’chom libo achshav libo bakor B
16 chayal lavan makeh chayal shachor B
17 b’chi bachadarim uvaganim shtika C
18 hamelech meschek im ha malka C
19 l’an halach yaldi; yaldi hatov le’an A
20 naflu chayal shachor chayal lavan A
21 lo yachazor avi avi lo yachazor B
22 v’ain chayal lavan v’ain shachor B
23 bechi bachadarim uvaganim shtika C
24 al luach rayk rak melech u-malka C
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CHESS
1 O where has my boy gone? My good boy, where’d he go? A
2 A pawn that’s black is striking a white foe. A
3 My father won’t return. My father won’t be back. B
4 A pawn that’s white destroys a pawn that’s black. B
5 Crying in the rooms and silence on the green, C
6 The king is playing with the queen. C
7 My boy won’t rise again. He sleeps. He will not grow. A
8 A pawn that’s black is striking a white foe. A
9 My father is in darkness, darkness without slack B
10 A pawn that’s white destroys a pawn that’s black. B
11 Crying in the rooms and silence on the green, C
12 The king is playing with the queen. C
13. My boy once at my breast is now a cloud of snow. A
14. A pawn that’s black is striking a white foe. A
15 My father’s tender heart is now a frozen sack. B
16 A pawn that’s white destroys a pawn that’s black . B
17 Crying in the rooms and silence on the green, C
18 The king is playing with the queen. C
19 O where has my boy gone? My good boy, where’d he go? A
20 All soldiers black all soldiers white fall low. A
21 My father won’t return. My father won’t be back. B
22 There are no pawns all white and none all black. B
23 Crying in the rooms and silence on the green, C
24. On empty chessboards only king and queen. C
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Transliteration and Verse Translation of “Shachmat” by Hanoch Levin, with rhyme lines scanned for clear fitting into Hava Alberstein’s melody.
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