ZMAN LAILAH

Kol ha'ir tovelet beshachor
kmo betoch mischak shel tzel ve'or
veshalvah g'dolah monachat
neshimah efshar lakachat
ki halailah lo yashug achor
saxofon tzarod bocheh babar
veyare'ach metapes al har
kvar cholef lo im haru'ach
venotar od zman lifnei machar.

Ki zeh hazman amiti - halailah
ki zeh hazman la'ahavah - halailah
motev lach shetehi iti - kedai lach
balailah she'af pa'am lo nigmar
elef panim yesh lalailah hazeh
umilion kochavim sham lemalah
ve'anachnu kulanu rak chelek metoch mechazeh
sachkanim bemamlechet halailah.

Uvachalomam shel hayeladim
hapi'ot pog'shot bagamadim
ha"lachud" veha"beyachad"
mechapsim sha'ah shel nachat
kamah tov lihyot bein yedidim
merachok hamiah shel yanshufim
vegalim noshkim eh hachofim
veshiltei na'on yairu
at halailah shebahir hu
at harega'im hachi yafim.

Ki zeh hazman amiti...