Lyrics: Leah Goldberg 

Music: Achinoam Nini 


Transliteration:

Et eloah raiti bekafeh.

Hu nitgalah li be'ashan sigariyot.

Neche ruach, mistaleach verafeh

Ramaz li: "od efshar lichyot!"


Hu lo hayah yafeh ke'ahuvi:

Karov mimenu - ve'umlal,

Ketsel shakuf shel or hakochavim

Hu lo mile et hechalal.


Leor shkiah chiver ve'adamdam,

Kemitvadeh al chet lifney moto,

Yarad lematah lenashek ragley adam

Ulevakesh et slichato.


Translation:

I ran into God in a small cafe 

Through cigarette smoke he appeared to me 

Apologetic and blaze 

He said: life is still worth living (you'll see) 


He didn't look anything like my lover 

Dejected, slightly out of place 

Like shadows of constellation 

He could hardly fill up space 


But in the reddish twilight, hurried 

To confess before the fall 

Kiss the feet of all man-kind 

And beg forgiveness of us all