๐งฏ Verse 1 โ Firefighters
Hebrew:
ืืืฃ ืืืืื
Latin: Elef kaba'im
Gloss: Thousand firefighters
Line: A thousand firefighters
ืื ืืฆืืืื ืืืืืช ืืืชื,
Lo yatsliแธฅu lekhabot oti,
Not will-succeed to-extinguish me
Wonโt be able to put me out,
ืืืฃ ืืืืื
Elef kaba'im
Thousand firefighters
A thousand firefighters
ืื ืืฆืืืื ืืืืืช ืืืชื.
Lo yatsliแธฅu lekhabot oti.
Not will-succeed to-extinguish me
Wonโt be able to put me out.
ืืืืื ืืกืืื ืขืืื
Milmata hasulam oleh
From-below the-ladder goes-up
From below, the ladder rises
ืืืฃ ืืืืื
Elef kaba'im
Thousand firefighters
A thousand firefighters
ืืืชืงืจื ืืื ืืื ืื ืกื,
Lehitkarev elai hu menaseh,
To-approach to-me he tries
He's trying to get close to me,
ืืืืข?
Magi'a?
Arrives?
Does he reach?
ืื ืืืืข, ืื ืืืืข.
Lo magi'a, lo magi'a.
Not arrives, not arrives
Doesn't reach, doesn't reach.
๐งโโ๏ธ Verse 2 โ Doctors
ืืืฃ ืืืงืืืจืื
Elef doktorim
Thousand doctors
A thousand doctors
ืื ืืฆืืืื ืืืฉืคื ืืืชื,
Lo yatsliแธฅu leโashpez oti,
Not will-succeed to-hospitalize me
Wonโt be able to hospitalize me,
ืืืฃ ืืืงืืืจืื
Elef doktorim
Thousand doctors
A thousand doctors
ืื ืืฆืืืื ืืืฉืคื ืืืชื,
Lo yatsliแธฅu leโashpez oti,
Not will-succeed to-hospitalize me
Wonโt be able to hospitalize me,
ืื ื ืฉืื ืืจืืคื ืฆืืขืง,
Hineh shama harofe tzoโek,
Here there the-doctor shouts
There the doctor is shouting,
ืืชืงืจื ืืื ืขื ืืืืจืง,
Mitkarev elai im hamizrak,
Approaches to-me with the-syringe
Coming toward me with the syringe,
ืืืืข?
Magi'a?
Arrives?
Does he reach?
ืื ืืืืข, ืื ืืืืข.
Lo magi'a, lo magi'a.
Not arrives, not arrives
Doesnโt reach, doesnโt reach.
๐ Verse 3 โ Barbers
ืืืฃ ืกืคืจืื
Elef saparim
Thousand barbers
A thousand barbers
ืื ืืฆืืืื ืืกืคืจ ืืืชื,
Lo yatsliแธฅu lesaper oti,
Not will-succeed to-haircut me
Wonโt be able to give me a haircut,
ืืืฃ ืกืคืจืื
Elef saparim
Thousand barbers
A thousand barbers
ืื ืืฆืืืื ืืกืคืจ ืืืชื,
Lo yatsliแธฅu lesaper oti,
Not will-succeed to-haircut me
Wonโt be able to give me a haircut,
ืืกืคืจืืื ืืงืจื ืืจืืฉ
Misparayim mekarev larosh
Scissors brings-close to-the-head
He brings scissors near my head
ืช'ืืืื ืืื ืืื ืจืืฆื ืืืชืื
Taโoznayim hu rotze likhtokh
The-ears he wants to-cut
He wants to cut off my ears
ืืืืข?
Magi'a?
Arrives?
Does he reach?
ืื ืืืืข, ืื ืืืืข.
Lo magi'a, lo magi'a.
Not arrives, not arrives
Doesnโt reach, doesnโt reach.
๐ฅ Final Verse โ Escalation
ืืืฃ ืืืืื
Elef kaba'im
Thousand firefighters
A thousand firefighters
ืื ืืฆืืืื ืืืืืช ืืืชื,
Lo yatsliแธฅu lekhabot oti,
Not will-succeed to-extinguish me
Wonโt be able to put me out,
ืืืฃ ืืืืื
Elef kaba'im
Thousand firefighters
A thousand firefighters
ืื ืืฆืืืื ืืืืืช ืืืชื.
Lo yatsliแธฅu lekhabot oti.
Not will-succeed to-extinguish me
Wonโt be able to put me out.
Escalating Refrain
ืืืฃ ืืืืื, ืื ืืฆืืืื ืืืืืช
Elef kabaโim, lo yatsliแธฅu lekhabot
A thousand firefighters wonโt succeed to put out
ืืืคืืื ืฆืืขืื, ืื ืืฆืืืื ืืืืืช
Alpayim tzvaโim, lo yatsliแธฅu lekhabot
Two thousand painters, wonโt succeed to put out
ืืจืืข ืืืืช ืืืฃ ืคืจืฉืื, ืื ืืฆืืืื ืืืืืช
Arba meโot elef parashim, lo yatsliแธฅu lekhabot
Four hundred thousand cavalrymen, wonโt succeed to put out
ืืืืืื ืืชืฉืข ืืืืช ืชืฉืขืื, ืื ืืฆืืืื ืืืืืช
Milyon veโtesha meโot tishโim, lo yatsliแธฅu lekhabot
One million and nine hundred ninety, wonโt succeed to put out
ืืืฃ ืืืืื, ืื ืืฆืืืื ืืืืืช ืืืชื
Elef kabaโim, lo yatsliแธฅu lekhabot oti
A thousand firefighters wonโt be able to put me out