AYELET AHAVIM
Sapri ayelet ahavim
al mah kisit roshech tza'if sagol
al mah risaich atzuvim
vetzavarech shacho'ach kagiv'ol.
Bich'lulotai anad dodi
tav'at paz va'odem al yadi
im layil/achar hif'lig im/bis'finato
et levavi naso nasa ito.
Sapri ayelet ahavim
lemi lemi noda'u ikvotav
mah techezi bakochavim
umah shalach dodech mimasa'av
Shalach igeret levanah
me'ir nemal asher bechof tzafon
katav ashuv ke'od/tom shanah
chaki li, yaldati/yafati, ani avo
Shav techezi bakochavim
kvar arukim ha'aravim
ru'ach noshevet be'avim
vehakayitz kaveh.
Gam im yar'chik dodech lin'dod
vete'erach darko me'od
eicha yuchal lim'tzo lo od
zug einaim kazeh.
Sapri ayelet ahavim
al mah kisit roshech tza'if sagol
al mah risaich atzuvim
vetzavarech shacho'ach kagiv'ol.
Deer of Love
Tell me, deer of love
why do you hide your purple head?
Why are your smiles so sad?
And your back is bent like a willow.
In my embrace, my beloved
with a golden ring and a ruby on my hand
if the night/after you split with/your lover
my heart will rise with you.
Tell me, deer of love
to whom do you belong, your tracks?
What do you see in the stars?
And what did your uncle send from afar?
Send a letter, white as snow
from the ant that lives on the northern shore
wrote back like a fool/after a year
wait for me, my girl/my beauty, I will come.
Again, what do you see in the stars?
The evenings are already long
the wind blows in the clouds
and the summer is waiting.
Even if your uncle is far away
and his path is very winding
how can he find you anymore?
A pair of eyes like this.
Tell me, deer of love
why do you hide your purple head?
Why are your smiles so sad?
And your back is bent like a willow.