התמהוני [Hatimhony] [English translation]

She told me she's not coming,

Said she was sick.

With so many men she...

Started and ended1.

I lack nothing but...

A little love.

Where can I find such a thing,

And why won't it come?

Why does everyone disappear...?

Oh no, when they are needed?

On the street, they call me an oddball,

Why should I care, why?

Every day I sit and look,

At the body of some whore.

One day, she noticed,

And approached me.

She spat, laughed, threw a stick,

Screw her!

Was I betrayed by my luck?

Oh no, I'm just an oddball.

I've been alone for two months now,

And no one comes for me.

Only the neighbors' daughter,

Smadar, peeks in from time to time.

And when I fail to get up in the morning,

She wakes me up!

Makes me a cup of coffee,

And a sandwich for herself.

Oh, what a sweet child.

I wish she was a little older.

Yesterday at midnight,

She called me.

When I picked up the phone,

She laughed for no reason.

While I listened, baffled,

A police car was getting closer.

By the time I realized what's going on,

The police broke in.

While they were searching for drugs,

I declared:

I'm just an oddball.

(Leave me alone, find yourself another victim)

They couldn't find what they've been looking for,

I was so surprised.

Because in the box on the dresser,

There was a piece.

In the morning, Smadar came in,

With a grin.

And when I asked her what's up,

She said: "Let's have sex".

Oh, such a strange world,

I'm an oddball and a bit of a scatterbrain.

1. This could either mean she "started and ended" a relationship with many men, or she "hit on men and (later) climaxed".

• Artist:Ariel Zilber
• Album:(1983) אריאל זילבר