SHIR ACH'REI HAGESHEM
Rakavot ach'rei hageshem bedarkan me'ir le'ir
yesh baderech tachanah k'tanah
ani yored bash'vil shehikarti
veshuv ani shome'a
leyad batei ha'even
parah go'ah barefet izim badeshe
ve'achshav ach'rei shanim bageshem
ish lo yezaheh oti Chapozo bayshan
vechol yaldei hak'far
baderech mehagan
metzach'kekim bekol
tamid k'sheba ore'ach lo mukar
mi yizkor et b'no shel hasapar
ani yotze michutz lashayarah
mezam'zem kol haderech chazarah.
Shir ach'rei hageshem, shir ach'rei hageshem
shir yashan she'ima limdah oti lashir
Shir ach'rei hageshem, shir ach'rei hageshem
shir yashan mistalsel ve'oleh bachalonot
ve'oreg li zichronot/me'orer bi zichronot
Bar'chovot ach'rei hageshem
hachaim kit'mol shilshom
(ha)safek od melaveh oti
ani chofshi lalechet habaytah
zacharti shir same'ach
achshav ani shoche'ach
ulai ani bore'ach mipnei hageshem
bakikar leyad chanut hayayin.
Mishehu pit'om tzo'ek Chapozo chazar
yoshvei batei kafeh zugot leyad habar
menofefim yadam ke'ilu klum af pa'am lo karah
kan tamid zoremet hashigrah
ani yotze michutz lashayarah
uvocheh kol haderech chazarah.
Shir acharei hageshem...
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A SONG AFTER THE RAIN
Trains after the rain on their way from city to city
Along the route is a small station
I descend at the path I knew
And once again I hear
Next to the stone houses
A cow lowing in the barn, goats in the grass
And now after years in the rain
No one will recognize me, bashful Chapozo
And all the village kids
returning from kindergarten
Always laugh aloud
Whenever some unknown visitor arrives
Who will remember the barber’s son?
I step out of continuity,
Humming the whole way back
A song after the rain, a song after the rain
An old song that Mother taught me
A song after the rain, a song after the rain
An old song trilling through the windows
And weaving/awakening memories within me
In the streets after the rain
Life is the same as yesterday and before.
The/a doubt still accompanies me:
Am I free to go home?
I remembered a happy song
But now I forget.
Maybe I’m running away from the rain.
In the plaza near the wine shop
Someone suddenly yells, “Chapozo is back”
Caf? customers, couples at the bar
Wave at me as if nothing ever happened
Here routine flows uninterrupted.
I step out of the continuity
And weep the whole way back.
A song after the rain...
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| CD |
| The Best Of Yehudah Poliker Disc 1 Track 10 |
| Ashes and Dust |
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