שחמט [Shahmat] [English translation]

Where has my child gone?

My good child, where?

A black soldier strikes a white soldier.

My father will not return,

Will not return, my father.

A white soldier strikes a black soldier.

There's weeping among the rooms, and in the gardens -silence.

The king is playing with the queen.

My child will no longer arise.

Forever he shall sleep.

A black soldier strikes a white soldier.

My father is in the darkness, no longer will he see light.

A white soldier strikes a black soldier.

There's weeping among the rooms, and in the gardens -silence.

The king is playing with the queen.

The child I embrace is now in a cloud.

A black soldier strikes a white soldier.

My father, with his warm heart,

Now his heart is in the cold.

A white soldier strikes a black soldier.

There's weeping among the rooms, and in the gardens -silence.

The king is playing with the queen.

Where has my child gone?

My good child, where?

The black soldier and the white soldier both fell.

My father will not return,

Will not return, my father,

And there is no white soldier or a black soldier.

There's weeping among the rooms, and in the gardens -silence.

On an empty board, just a king and a queen.

• Artist:Chava Alberstein