Aval Machar Echzor
Dolek panas boded
Ve-hadmama yoredet
Bishvil ha-aflulit
Veruach od yelat
Shuv or panas omem –
Ani levad omedet
Kmo hine tavo,
Rak hit’acharta ktzat.

Hashvil ve’or panas
Ve-hadmama ke’emesh
Ata shuv me’acher ulay
Gam lo tizkor
Re’e, hen rad halayil,
Mizman shaka hashemesh
Amtin rak od me’at,
Aval machar echzor.

Lohet ke’az hashvil
Be’et sharav bakayitz
Alei shalechet stav
Baruach ne’eramim
Haruach od godesh
Bishluliyot hamayim
Veshuv prichot aviv
Bok’ot kmo tamid.

Hashvil ve’or panas
Ve-hadmama ke’emesh
Ata shuv me’acher ulay
Gam lo tizkor
Re’e, hen rad halayil,
Mizman shaka hashemesh
Amtin rak od me’at,
Aval machar echzor.

Yordot shki’ot tamid
Olim tzlalim shel erev
Et sha’at hadimdumim
Ahavnu ad me’od
Velachash ha’alim,
Hashvil male shuv cheresh
Verak ata einecha
Velo tilchash li od.

Hashvil ve’or panas
Ve-hadmama ke’emesh
Ata shuv me’acher ulay
Gam lo tizkor
Re’e, hen rad halayil,
Mizman shaka hashemesh
Amtin rak od me’at,
Aval machar echzor.

But Tomorrow I Will Return
A lone lantern burns
And the silence descends
In the dusky path
And a wind still whispers
Again a lantern’s light dims –
I am standing alone
As if you are about to come,
You’re just a little late.

The path and the lantern light
And the silence like last night
You are late again, perhaps
You won’t even remember
Look, the night has fallen,
The sun set long ago
I will wait just a bit longer,
But tomorrow I will return.

The path is burning as then
In the summer heat
Autumn leaves
Pile up in the wind
The wind still fills
The puddles of water
And again spring blossoms
Burst forth as always.

The path and the lantern light
And the silence like last night
You are late again, perhaps
You won’t even remember
Look, the night has fallen,
The sun set long ago
I will wait just a bit longer,
But tomorrow I will return.

Sunsets always fall
Evening shadows rise
The twilight hour
We loved so much
And the whisper of the leaves,
The path is full of silence again
And only you are not here
And you will no longer whisper to me.

The path and the lantern light
And the silence like last night
You are late again, perhaps
You won’t even remember
Look, the night has fallen,
The sun set long ago
I will wait just a bit longer,
But tomorrow I will return.