שיר ליל שבת [Shir Leil Shabat] [English translation]

Will you come to me tonight?

The clean laundry is already dry in the courtyard.

Wars never end,

And now the war is going on somewhere.

And everything repeats without stopping

By itself, just like a horse without a rider.

And in the evening the house is closed

With everything good or bad that is in it.

And we knew well why the borderline is

Close at hand, and we are not allowed to cross it.

My father prayed: “And his strength is

The earth and all the hosts.”

The army and the land were darkened,

A little more and the light goes out.

The commandment the Lord gave in the beginning1

We two have again to stop to observe.

Will you come to me tonight?

The clean laundry is already dry in the courtyard.

Wars never end,

And now the war is going on somewhere.

1. Genesis Chapter 1 Verse 28: “And God blessed them; and God said unto them: Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it...”

• Artist:Chava Alberstein
• Album:Sipur Chaim