VE'ULAI (2)
VE'ULAI LO HAYU HADVARIM ME'OLAM
Ve'ulai lo hayu hadvarim me'olam
ve'ulai
me'olam lo hesh'kamti im shachar lagan,
la'avdo bezi'at api
Me'olam, beyamim arukim veyok'dim
(arukim veyok'dim) shel katzir
bim'romei agalah amusat alumot
lo natati koli beshir
Me'olam lo taharti bit'chelet shok'tah
uvetom
shel kineret sheli... hoi kineret sheli
hehayit, o chalamti chalom?
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AND PERHAPS
AND PERHAPS THESE THINGS NEVER WERE
And perhaps these things never were
and perhaps
I never rose at dawn to the garden
to work it by the sweat of my brow
Never, not on long and blazing days
long and blazing (days) of harvest
on top of a cart full of sheaf
I did not raise my voice in song
I never washed in the peaceful azure
and innocence
of my Kineret...oh my Kineret
did you exist, or did I dream a dream?
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| Ke'chakot Rachel (Arik Einstein) Track 7 |
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| KINERET SHELI / MY KINNERET |
And perhaps - these things never happened
And perhaps –
I never rose at dawn to go into nature
And work the land with the sweat of my brow.
Or never - on the long, wearing days
(long, wearing) of harvest
From on top of a wagon piled high with bales of hay
Did I lift up my voice in song.
Or never - did I purify myself in your calm, azure waters
Of innocence
Chorus
Of my Kinneret, oh, my Kinneret
Did you really exist, or did I only dream of you? |
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Singable Italian translation by Daniel Shalev of Rishon Le Zion, Israel
