Hebrew Lyrics

Ashir lakh shir atik, noshan,
Ashir lakh zemer alshoshan
Hayo hayu lifney shanim
Shney shoshanim shney shoshanim
Hayza ze kvar, rakhok hayom
Ekhad lavan, sheni adom.

Bney-gan-ekhad, kishney akhim,
Tzimkhu ale, tzimkhu khokhim,
Et ba haboker tzkhor gavan
Pakakh eynayim halavan
Veerev ba verad hayom
Atzam eynayim haadom

Uvaleylot uvaleylot
Nashvu rukhot bam kalilot
Kolivlevu ad baa yad
Yad shekatfa shoshan ekhad,
Veeyn yodea ad hayom -
Et halavan o haadom

Verak yodim ki hanotar
Libo nishbar libo nishbar
Hayo hayu lifney shanim
Shney shoshanim, shney shoshanim.
Haya ze kvar, rakhok hayom
Ekhad lavan, sheni adom

Translation

Two Roses

An ancient song of love,
Like a fairy tale about two lovers.

Two roses, one white, the other red,
Grow side by side in the garden,
Until somebody's hand tears one of them from the ground.
Noone knows whose hand it was,
But the heart of the flower remaining is broken forever.