אח שלי מתחתן [Ach Sheli Mit’chaten] [English translation]

My brother is getting married

there is on the beach a marriage

a wreath of stars will be placed on her head

my brother is getting married

i don't need an invitation

so many years waiting for this wedding

I remember years ago

spread out on a beach in Thailand

how we flowed with the sunsets

and toasted the sunrises

About Inbal that disappeared

and about the letter that she didn't write

cleaning the thoughts

launching clouds

Oh how you always said you would never be there

would never fall

oh how suddenly she came and rescued you

so Yalla come and break th'glass1

My brother is getting married

there is on the beach a marriage

a wreath of stars will be placed on her head

my brother is getting married

i don't need an invitation

so many years waiting for this wedding

And so she showed up from some place

stole it all and turned into a dream

you don't understand how the landed on your face

you went around the city like a butterfly

from flower to flower, not one remained untouched

she came and enchanted you, how you became addicted to her nectar

Oh how you always said you would never be there

would never fall

oh how suddenly she came and rescued you

so Yalla come and break th'glass

My brother is getting married

there is on the beach a marriage

a wreath of stars will be placed on her head

my brother is getting married

i don't need an invitation

so many years waiting for this wedding

My brother is getting married

here i am here with you

holding you hand

with strength to the marriage canopy

1. at the end of a Jewish wedding a glass is broken