נחליאלי [Nachlieli] [English translation]

A heavy heat wave outside

And I sit here

And it stands by the puddle

It looks a bit angry

I call him "tzif tzif tzif"*

And gaze into its eyes

And it makes sharp movements

With its head and tail.

Wagtail, wagtail, it rests, it rests**

Lying down, lying down***

To Me

In front of my window.

I leave some crumbs,

On the windowsill,

And waits and hide,

Behind a curtain.

It approches with swirls,

And tiny skips.

But suddenly it regrets,

And fly towards the neighbors.

Wagtail, wagtail, it rests, it rests**

Lying down, lying down***

To Me

In front of my window.

I yell at it - bastard!

Come back you will remember

and suddenly it completely forgets

that it is actually a bird.

It doesn't want to befriend

Yes, this is the situation,

It just came to announce me,

That it's almost autumn.

Wagtail, wagtail, it rests, it rests**

Lying down, lying down***

To Me

In front of my window.

Sitting and playing cards in an autumn day,

And she stands in a circle and looks around me****

I'm like as if I don't feel smooth, just pretending,

Can't can't can't can't can't can't find my place.

Wagtail, wagtail, it rests, it rests**

And I have no "eli" and I don't have her,

And not a wagtail.