Slihkot
Oded Lehrer
Leah Goldberg
Hebrew Lyrics
Bata elai et eynay leefkoakh
vegoofkha lee mabat vekhalon oore'ee
Bata kalayla haba el ha'o'akh
lehar'ot lee bakhoshekh et kol hadvareem
Velamadetee shem lekhol rees vetzeeporen
oolekhol se'ara babasar hekhasoof
Vere'akh yaldoot re'akh devek ve'oren
hoo neekhoakh leylo shel hagoof
Eem hayoo eenooyeem hem heefleegoo elekha
meefrasee halavan el ha'ofel shelkha
Tnenee lalakhet tnenee lalekhet
leekhroah al khof hasleekha
Velamadetee shem lekhol rees vetzeeporen
oolekhol se'ara babasar hekhasoof
Vere'akh yaldoot re'akh devek ve'oren
hoo neekhoakh leylo shel hagoof
Translation
You came to me to open my eyes
and your body to me: a glance, and a window, and a mirror
You came as night comes to the owl
to show me in the darkness all things
And I learned a name for every lash and nail
and for every hair on the exposed flesh
And the smell of childhood the smell of sap and pine
is the smell of the body's night
If there was suffering it sailed toward you
my white sail toward your half-dark
Let me go let me go
kneel on the shore of forgiveness
And I learned a name ...
Haunting melody to match a haunting poem. One of my favorites.
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Added March 16th, 2003