Khiyukhim BaBoker
Im ba-boker or
Yaldei ha-kat ni’or
U-fanav tom ve-khiyukhim
Im ba-boker or
Yaldei ha-kat ni’or
Ve-ito kol ha-nirdamim

Im yavo ha-yom
Va-ani akum pit’om
Kmo od lo kara davar
Im yavo ha-yom
Yaldei ha-kat pit’om
Yekhayeikh lo kakh melo olam

Az neda ki gam
Mi-tokh batei ha-shir
At tavo’i, bo’i le-khayeikh
Az itakh kulam
Bi-smta’ot ha-ir
Yirkedu mul khiyukhekh

Be-karnaval anak
Ra’iti ish khazak
Bokhe levad kmo tinok
Be-karnaval anak
Bakha lo ish khazak
Ki hu od lo lamad litzkhok

Az neda ki gam
Mi-tokh batei ha-shir
At tavo’i, bo’i le-khayeikh
Az itakh kulam
Bi-smta’ot ha-ir
Yirkedu mul khiyukhekh

Im ba-boker or
Yaldei ha-kat ni’or
U-fanav tom ve-khiyukhim
Im ba-boker or
Yaldei ha-kat ni’or
Ve-ito kol ha-nirdamim

Az neda ki gam
Mi-tokh batei ha-shir
At tavo’i, bo’i le-khayeikh
Az itakh kulam
Bi-smta’ot ha-ir

Smiles in the Morning
If there is morning light,
the children of the troupe wake,
and on their faces—innocence and smiles.
If there is morning light,
the children of the troupe wake,
and with them all those who were asleep.

If the day will come
and I suddenly rise,
as if nothing had ever happened—
if the day will come,
the children of the troupe, suddenly,
will smile at him, as the whole world smiles.

Then we will know that even
from within the houses of song,
you will come—come and smile.
Then, with you, everyone
in the city’s alleyways
will dance before your smile.

At a giant carnival
I saw a strong man
crying alone like a baby.
At a giant carnival
a strong man cried,
because he still hadn’t learned to laugh.

Then we will know that even
from within the houses of song,
you will come—come and smile.
Then, with you, everyone
in the city’s alleyways
will dance before your smile.

If there is morning light,
the children of the troupe wake,
and on their faces—innocence and smiles.
If there is morning light,
the children of the troupe wake,
and with them all those who were asleep.

Then we will know that even
from within the houses of song,
you will come—come and smile.
Then, with you, everyone
in the city’s alleyways…