Mah karah la’yeled
Sheh diber el kochavim
Sheh himtik sodot im savyonim u’shchafim
Sheh safar kol nemesh cheresh u’va’chol nirdam
Mah karah lo, yom echad, sheh kam ve’neelam?
Ani rotseh lachzor
el ha’yamim hachi yafim sheli
Ha’yamim ha’yechefim shel Binyamina, ken,
ani zocher hakol zaram leat,
ha’shemesh lo miher
Anashim amru shalom,
chaver haya chaver.
Ha’yoreh yered machar, habet ba’levanah
Eich hayah yavul ha’anavim ha’shanah?
Tikansu ha’erev, yesh ribah me’tut ginah,
U’va’layla titkasu ki tihiyeh tsinah
Ani rotseh…
Ve’achshav, im yom o leil, im rah li ve’im tov
Ein li rega zman lashevet ve’lachasov
Lifamim ani kim’at me’daati yotseh
Kol yamai ani holech le’sham ve’lo motseh.
Ani rotseh…
Mah karah la’yeled she’nirdam ba’chol ha’cham
She yom echad, lefetah, kam ve’neelam?