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Bir'chovenu hatzar gar nagar echad muzar Hu yoshev bi'tzrifo v'lo oseh davar Ish eino ba liknot v'ein ish m'vaker U'shnatayim she'hu kvar eino m'nager V'hu chalom echad noseh od bil'vavo Livnot kisei l'Eliyahu she'yavo Al kapav oto yavi L'Eliyahu Hanavi CHORUS V'hu yoshev um'chakeh lo Kvar shanim cholem hu she'yizkeh lo Al sodo shomer um'chakeh lo Matai kvar yagi'ah hayom? Bir'chovenu hatzar gar sandlar echad muzar Hu yoshev bi'tzrifo v'lo oseh davar Madafav hareikim m'chusim b'avak Kvar shnatayim munach ham'ratze'ah basak V'hu cholem ki na'alayim hu tofer Van al harim yinvu raglei ham'vaser Al kapav otan yavi L'Eliyahu Hanavi CHORUS V'hu yoshev um'chakeh lo Kvar shanim cholem hu she'yizkeh lo Al sodo shomer um'chakeh lo Matai kvar yagi'ah hayom? Bi'y'rushalayim yeshno ish l'gamrei lo tza'ir She'bana harbei batim b'chol pinot ha'ir Hu makir kol simtah kol r'chov ush'kunah Hu boneh et ha'ir kvar shiv'im shana V'hu cholem ki k'mo she'eit ha'ir banah Yani'ach laMikdash et Even Hapinah Al kapav otah yavi Eliyahu Hanavi CHORUS V'hu yoshev um'chakeh lo Kvar shanim cholem hu she'yizkeh lo Al sodo shomer um'chakeh lo Matai kvar yagi'ah hayom?
Translated lyrics
On our narrow street lives a strange carpenter He sits in his hut and doesn't do a thing No one comes to buy and no one comes to visit And it's been two years since he's done any carpentry And he carries one dream in his heart To build a chair for Elijah who will come On the palms of his hands he will bring it To Elijah the Prophet CHORUS And he sits and waits for him For years now he's been dreaming he will be worthy He guards his secret and he waits for him When will the day come? On our narrow street lives a strange shoemaker He sits in his hut and doesn't do a thing His empty shelves are covered with dust For two years his awl has been sitting in a sack And he dreams that he will make a pair of shoes To be worn on the feet of the Herald On the palms of his hands he will carry them To Elijah the Prophet CHORUS And he sits and waits for him For years now he's been dreaming he will be worthy He guards his secret and he waits for him When will the day come? In Jerusalem there's a man entirely not young He has built many houses in every corner of the city He knows every street and every neighborhood For seventy years he has built the city And he dreams that just as he built the city He will lay the cornerstone of the Holy Temple On the palms of his hands he will bring it --Elijah the Prophet CHORUS And he sits and waits for him For years now he's been dreaming he will be worthy He guards his secret and he waits for him When will the day come?
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