NAMES BAGESHEM
Yehudah Poliker
Geshem yored bachutz, hu levad vekar lo
batelefon hatziburi shome'a kol shemukar lo
zot ima shelo mehabayit
otomatit, bek'tzarah
shalom, tash'iru hod'ah ve'etkasher bechazarah
zeh dachuf lo nora
aval hi, mah hi yoda'at
hi ro'ah popolitikah
vehi bekoshi shoma'at
hi amrah lo: al tagur poh
gam aba shelo amar
echad kamocha lo etzlenu
lo bakashnu of muzar.
Geshem bachutz mamshid od laredet
ambulans meyelel, bakvis overed neyedet
yeled, eifo atah gar
sho'alim oto kulam
ani bagan hatziburi
al hasafsal me'al hayam
hu nir'a le'ach'ronah im tarmil vesweder
hish'ir me'atafah al hashulchan bacheder
vekatav behemshech lesichatam ha'ach'ronah
echad kamoni lo yagur po
adif lagur bim'lonah.
Names bageshem, af baru'ach
hen lo, lo yivkeh
levad kol halailah
lemi hu mechakeh
nimas bageshem, af baru'ach
balailah kar kazeh
im yesh elohim po
gam hu hayah kofe.
Hasha'ah kavar me'ucheret
ima shelo bamiklachat, atufah bemagevet
hageshem yored, hakvisah shelah nirtevet
aba shelo batelefon hezmin video ve'aruchah
venirdam betoch pyjama mul arutz hamishpachah
geshem bachutz vehatnu'ah zochelet
hash'lichim baderech, shnei shotrim badelet
hem matz'u oto kafu'a, chashvu shehu nirdam
biktzeh hachashuch shel ha'ir
al sfat hayam.