Af Ahat

Af Achat
Ba’shamaim khulim ha’yom,
Ve’shuv yanuar bli geshem,
Ani ba’bayit ve’achutzu tmuna
Metushteshet..
Chalamti  she’ani borachat mi kluf shel tziporim,
Oreshet,
Kol ha’laila
Chipasti otcha.

Ba’boker kibalti im el katsav ve’nehmad,
Katavta ha’yafo at
Ve’lo amarta klum kimat,
Ve’yadati she’ata sham..
Levad..

Ve’yadati she’af achat lo tafsa et 
Ha’makom sheli
B’lev shel’ha..
Sheli b’lev shel’ha..
Ve’af achat..

Lifamim ani shoma’ata leha mi’haverim,
Hem omrim she’ata makbit ahshav al haim mesudarim,
She’ata kvar lo mahu le’dranot ve’la’kveshim ha’meerim,
Shel’ha isha,she’ata ohev,
Mishpahat,
Aval ani makira otcha,
Ve’roa al ma ata shomer,
Kibo u’hamush be’laley bayit mashtikotot u’metsenzer,
Ve’yodaat she’ata hoshiv alay,
Alay..

Ve’yodaat she’af achat..

Ani roa leha et ha’chalomot,
Ve’roa nima ata poched,
Nashim komo nipa ma hayu sofi ma lamoked,
Nishakti leha et ha’m’shama,
Ve’ata li..

Ve’af achat..

(Translit by Natasha Shemesh)