שיר ארץ [Shir eretz] [English translation]

[Chorus: Nechi Nech]

A Land which devours its inhabitants

And flows with milk and honey and blueness

Sometimes, even She herself can steal

the lamb of the poor

[Verse 1: Nechi Nech]

A Land whose dirt is sweet

And whose shores are salty as weeping

And which all those who love Her

gave Her all that they can

[Bridge: Nechi Nech]

The white squill has bloomed once again

There, on the road, all alone

And the jasmine shall restore the fragrance

of Her lost fields of time

[Chorus: Nechi Nech]

A Land which devours its inhabitants

And flows with milk and honey and blueness

Sometimes, even She herself can steal

the lamb of the poor

[Verse 2: Tal Hefter]

Every spring, Her groundsels return

to cover up the wrinkles of Her face

Summer wind shall caress in the light

the sadness of Her stones

[Verse 3: Tal Hefter]

Autumn has returned with the heaviness of Her clouds

to engulf all of Her gardens in gray

And winter shall close

the lids of Her weeping eyes

[Bridge: Tal Hefter]

The white squill has bloomed once again

There, on the road, all alone

And the jasmine shall restore the fragrance

of Her lost fields of time

[Chorus]

A Land which devours its inhabitants

And flows with milk and honey and blueness

Sometimes, even She herself can steal

the lamb of the poor