השיר על תוכי יוסי [Shir al hatuki Yossi] [English translation]

I'll buy me a parrot and his name will be Yossi

i will talk with him at times when no one else will hear

and i will say to him, I will say:

sadness is like a glass

which contains bitter wine

from the grapes of the soul.

Know, Yossi the Parrot, that you are a lyric child

expect a quiet death

so quiet

and so I in my illuminated grief

will whisper to the walls, Yossi is dead

Yossi is dead.

And your ashes will be returned from the cage to your homeland

from the white cage to the yellow dirt

childless, without a parrot mate and offspring

to a parrot like you it's forbidden to love

You will never love, Yossi, Yossi

Never.

Like you were born to make pleasant chatter

with every poet, in whose heart is fire and anger

between hearts uncaring and sinning

Like you they are just a toy at home

for the benefit of the children to play with

chatter, Yossi the Parrot

i am a little comforted

my heart today is empty...