Shmemel Band - Berlin youtube/watch?v=PXVo-IhQfpk BERLIN Why stay here Everybody’s asking When you can catch a plane and begin to breath. Even the newly Orthodox are leaving And getting far away from me How long can family be an excuse? The neighbor’s lived in LA for 15 years already She says we need to shut that watchful eye, And everyone who comes back from abroad Tells me how good it is there. Berlin, Berlin Even if I forget my right hand You’ll wait forever For us to return to you. Reichstag of Peace And of the Euro and of light For all your songs I don’t have a passport. Let’s be honest. Grandpa and Grandma didn’t come here [Israel] because of Zionism, They fled because they didn’t want to die. And now they understand that here there’s no life [possible], They’d rather we be far away than poor. No, it’s not a fleeing for convenience’s sake It’s fleeing flat out To keep your head above the water. Even our forefather Jacob went down [emigrated] to Egypt Because rent there was a third And salaries double. Understand: The whole world migrates everywhere Only here is it considered betrayal of the [Jewish] people By leaders who want us to remain alone To remain afraid Because everybody hates Jews. And every time they open their mouths They pin the yellow star on me again Like a medal of honor Like it’s a boutonniere. They degrade all of us Without a scrap of pride. Liberate the Ghetto already Let us live like a normal people. I don’t really want anywhere else. It’s cold there Strange there And Hebrew is the only language I love speaking. Give me a bit of the Kinneret If there’s any left, I’ll be happy. But how long can we ignore tomorrow? How can I raise kids in a place that Chased away Dudu Zar ? Übersetzung: richardsilverstein
Posted on: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 13:04:01 +0000