רוזה [Roza] [English translation]

When I saw you, young girl

laughing such an all consuming laugh

suddenly i felt as if a knife

went into my chest

A million flowers i sent you

and two million letters

but you continued to laugh and drive crazy

all the residents of the street

Roza Roza Roza Roza

you are my beloved

how many more songs will i compose for you1

until you will be my wife

oh, roza roza

you are my beloved

I carried bricks

i broke my back for you

so that i could see you from the building

that was built across the street from your house

You said that you want to live

a sweet and good life

so for you i opened here in the street

a almond and raisin shop

Roza Roza Roza...

I fought fist fights for you

and got in trouble with the law

and you didn't even sign a guarantee for me2

just continued to laugh all the time

Tell me what will be in the end

i cannot continue

you are already forty five or six

and i am in my late fifties...

Roza Roza Roza...

1. lit: package. Play on words by author. לֶאֱרוֹז L'eroz is to package2. needed to obtain a mortgage in Israel

• Artist:Yehoram Gaon