Lama li magia kacha?
Ma asiti?
Ma kvar bikashti le'atzmi?
Shemesh lo bikashti shetishtachaveh li.
Lo, lo bikashti li harbei.
Lo, lo bikashti li et ha yarei'ach.
Af lo bikashti aruchah chamah.
Bikashti rak chiyuch katan samei'ach
Ach hi pantah mimeni, hit'almah!
Ma lama ma?
Li at kach osah?
Ma lama ma
At lo onah.
Ma ve'al mah
At alai ko'eset?
Ma lama ma, ma karah?
Lamah misaviv hakol nir'eh ragua
Rak beveiti hakol homeh?
Eich ani tamid nofel mibli lada'at
Velo ro'eh mah sheyihiyeh?
"Al ta'aseh tov, lo tir'eh rah"
Amar li pa'am ish chacham
Lo, lo zacharti mah amar,
asiti tov.
Ka'eit ani betza'ar u'machov! |
Why do I deserve this?
What did I do?
What did I ask for myself?
I didn't ask the sun to bow down to me.
No, I didn't ask for much.
No, I didn't ask for the moon.
I didn't even ask for a hot meal.
I only asked for a small, happy smile
But she turned away from me, ignored me!
What? Why? What?
Why do you do this to me?
What? Why? What?
You don't answer.
Why, and about what, are you angry
with me?
What? Why? What? What happened?
Why does everything around me seem calm,
While in my home everything is stirring?
How is it I always stumble without knowing,
And don't see what's coming?
"If you don't do good, you won't see evil,"
A wise man once told me.
No, I didn't remember what he said,
I did good.
Now I am in sorrow and agony! |