Derech Hashalom

Towards Peace

Derech Hashalom

Tel Aviv before midnightTel Aviv lifnei chatzot
The wind doesn't want to restHaruach lo rotza linshov
And the loneliness chokes meVehalachut lo marpa oti choneket
In a cafe between the neighborhoodsBeveit kafe bein hashchunot
They haven't turned off the lights yetOd lo kibu et haorot
On an old chair alone I sitAl kise yashan levada yoshevet

I'm not sure what to sayAni lo batuach ma lomar
If it's worth at all to callIm kedai bichlal lageshet
To tellLaseget
And the wind comes from the seaVeruach ba'a min hayam
It throws a small glanceHi mashlicha mabat katan
She invites me to sitOti hi mazmina lashevet

She invites us both to turn aroundHi mazmina hafuch lishneinu
And only complains to the wallVerak mitlonenet al hachom
What a wall, maybe it's shakingEize chom ulai nazuz shoelet
A bell rings in a really closed roomGara bedira schura mamash
Close to the way to peaceKarov lederech hashalom
CalculatingNazmin cheshbon
Tonight we're not going to sleepHalaila lo holchim lishon

In Tel Aviv after midnightBeTel Aviv achrei chatzot
Climbing up the stairsOlim becheder madregot
Finding keys opening doorsMotzia maftechot potachat delet
A small table, two chairsShulchan katan shtei kursaot
She asks what I want to drinkShoelet ma tirtze lishtot
I really feel like a picture of a paintingAni margish mamash kmo dmut miseret
Two glasses on the tableShtei kosot al hashulchan
And she pours and poursVehi mozeget umozeget
She finishes meOti gomeret
A white wine is pouredPotachat od yain lavan
She whispers a small whisperZoreket li chiuch katan
Slowly enters my heartLeat lalev sheli nichneset

She invites us both to turn aroundHi mazmina hafuch lishneinu
And only complains to the wallVerak mitlonenet al hachom
What a wall, maybe it's shakingEize chom ulai nazuz shoelet
A bell rings in a really closed roomGara bedira schura mamash
Close to the way to peaceKarov lederech hashalom
CalculatingNazmin cheshbon

Between all that is happening between usBein kol ma shekore beinenu
A fan is spinning because of the heatMadlika mazgan biglal hachom
What a heatEize chom
Maybe we'll go to the roomUlai nelech lacheder
If you want, you canIm ata rotze ata yachol
Stay here also to sleepLehishaer po gam lishon
What a sleepEize lishon
Tonight we're not calculatingHalaila lo osim cheshbon