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| [1] Kibalti onesh ktsat mugzam Shaftu oti lamavet Yashavti al kiseh chashmal Nifradti mehaprai'vet Lu yacholti lefachot Lehachlif takisa'ot Ki omrim bederech klal Meshaneh makom meshaneh mazal |
[1] I got a harsh sentence They sentenced me to death I sat on the electric chair Said good-bye to my (car) I hoped that at least I could change chairs Because they say (If you change your place you change your luck) |
| Chorus: Hey yo ya Ani sho'el Hey yo ya Atem onim Hey yo ya Ha'im ze fair? Hey yo-ya Atem lo yod'im |
Chorus: Hey yo ya I ask you Hey yo ya You answer me Hey yo ya Is it fair? Hey yo ya You don't know |
| [2] Ha'ach sheli asaf bulim Lachen avad bado'ar. Haya mechalek tamichtavim Kibel afilu to'ar. Yom echad pakach hivchin She'asaf gam michtavim Mehajob miyad putar Ki yesh sof lechol davar |
[2] My brother used to collect stamps That's why he worked in the post office He would sort the mail (Even got promoted) One day a supervisor noticed That he also collected letters From his job he was immediately fired Because all good things must have an end* |
| Chorus: Hey yo ya |
Chorus: Hey yo ya |
| [3] Haya li dod kazeh batlan Shehit'atsel lanuach Haya holech lanemala Chozer bli matzav ruach. Lu haya pachot tipesh Az vaday yada she'yesh Gam tosefet la'pitgam Re'e dracheha va'chacham |
[3] I had an uncle who was so lazy He was too tired even to nap He'd go off to the (ant) Come back tired If he wasn't so stupid He'd know there was More to the saying: See the path and learn.** |
| Chorus: Hey yo ya |
Chorus: Hey yo ya |
| [4] Ben-dod sheli ratza lis'chot Kedei latsuf kavu'a Lamad s'chiyah be'hitkatvut Etsel matsil yadu'a Kshenichnas sof-sof layam Toch shniyot hu ne'elam Shnayim kaftsu elav miyad Tov'im hashnayim min ha'echad. |
[4] When he finally got in the water |
| Chorus: Hey yo ya |
Chorus: Hey yo ya |
Hebrew words
| Translator's notes: Many of the "punchlines" in this song are wordplays, so it is difficult to do an exact translation. |
| *(in Hebrew, "things" and "postman" sound the same: =Because there's an end to every postman |
| **The full saying is something like this: If you're lazy, look at an ant; see its path and learn |
| ***The saying is: two are better than one. Two ("tovim") and Drowning ("tov'im") are switched. |
| LYRICS | Alon Oleartchik & Danny Sanderson |
| MUSIC | Danny Sanderson & Yitzhak Klepter |
| SINGER | Lehakat Poogy (Kaveret) |
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| DANCE CHOREOGRAPHER | Circle - Oren Ashkenazi 2005 |
| DANCE FORMAT | Line - Folk 1987 |
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| Transliteration by Henry Lederfeind of Sao Paulo, Brazil. |
| Translation by Amitai Lipton of Boston, Massachussetts, USA |
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