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

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

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

And i will say to him:

Sadness is like a cup-

That contains bitter wine

From the grapes of the soul.

Know, Joseph, that you are a poetic child

You should expect a quiet death

So quiet

And I in my grief

Will whisper to the walls, Joseph is dead

Joseph is dead.

And your ashes, returned from the cage to your homeland

From the white cage to the yellow dirt

Lonely, without a parrot wife and offspring

To a parrot like you it's forbidden to love

You will never love, Joseph, Joseph

Never.

Like you other parrots were born to entertain

Born to entertain lonely poets

Poets living with indifferent people

Like you other parrots, are just a house toy

For kids to play

So talk, Joseph the Parrot

Make me feel good

My heart is empty today