Ha-perach She-naval
Basimta ha-tsara hi halcha levada
Be-eineha chiyuch shel orchachat zara
Al kol delet dafka be-chutzpa meksima
Va-ani ke-mevohal rak sha’alti le-shmah

Ve-hi chiycha ve-litfa et panai
Ve-hosifa lishtok kemo etzev ko’ev
Va-ani ke-tovea bikashti linshom
Aval hi ne’elma ke-parpar shel arvit

Ha-perach she-naval, naval
Ha-lev sheli nishbar, nishbar
Oy, lama u-madua
Lo tashuv yoter elai

Ha-perach she-naval, naval
Ha-lev sheli nishbar, nishbar
Oy, lama u-madua
Lo tashuv yoter elai

Ba-chutzot az savavti muke sachrakhoret
Ra’ev ve-yage’a ve-bli kol tikva
Kemo yeled sha’alti ve-ish lo ana
Ki ish milvadi ota lo ra’a

Pit’om ke-kesem hofi’a li ba-or
Ve-tsanchah le-yadi ba-simta ha-tsara
Va-ani bikashti lilchosh lah be-sod
Ach hi shuv ne’elma kemo hayta rak chalom

Ha-perach she-naval, naval
Ha-lev sheli nishbar, nishbar
Oy, lama u-madua
Lo tashuv yoter elai

Ha-perach she-naval, naval
Ha-lev sheli nishbar, nishbar
Oy, lama u-madua
Lo tashuv yoter elai

The Wilted Flower
In the narrow alley she walked alone
In her eyes a smile of a foreign guest
She knocked on every door with charming boldness
And I, startled, only asked her name

She smiled and gently stroked my face
And kept on silent like a painful sorrow
And I, like one who’s drowning, tried to breathe
But she vanished like a twilight butterfly

The flower that withered, withered
My heart was broken, broken
Oh, why and for what reason
Won’t you ever return to me

The flower that withered, withered
My heart was broken, broken
Oh, why and for what reason
Won’t you ever return to me

Through the streets I wandered, dizzy and struck
Hungry and weary, without any hope
Like a child I asked, but no one replied
For no one but me had seen her

Suddenly, like magic, she appeared in the light
And dropped beside me in the narrow alley
And I tried to whisper to her a secret
But she vanished again, as if she were only a dream

The flower that withered, withered
My heart was broken, broken
Oh, why and for what reason
Won’t you ever return to me

The flower that withered, withered
My heart was broken, broken
Oh, why and for what reason
Won’t you ever return to me