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Original 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
Translated lyrics
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 ...
Notes
Haunting melody to match a haunting poem. One of my favorites.
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