I'M WIPING AWAY YOUR TEARS
(MENAGEV LAKH ET HA'DMAOT)

Author: Shlomo Artsi, 1996.


She swallows half a tablette
To calm down, to suppress her fear;
And she throws the sentence of bet:
"It's you, or me, or you, dear".
I'm closed within myself,
And my words do find no ears.
I whisper her name; besides,
I'm wiping away her tears.

	"Cry to me now,
	Cry to me", I say.
	"Yes, it hurts, it will hurt,
	But then the pain will go away.
	Cry instead of me,
	I can't already cry with pain;
	My role is to wipe
	Your tears again and again".

"Look", she tells me, "the fog
Has covered up all the street.
The problems start in our heads,
The life can kick us of feet".
I'm closed within myself,
I have nothing to see or hear.
I whisper her name; besides,
I'm wiping away her tears.

	"Cry to me now,   (yes, it hurts)
	Cry to me", I say.
	"Yes, it hurts, it will hurt,
	But then the pain will go away. (go away)
	Cry instead of me,
	I can't already cry with pain;
	My role is to wipe
	Your tears again and again".

	"Cry to me now,
	Cry to me", I say.
	"Yes, it hurts, it will hurt,
	But then the pain will go away.
	Cry instead of me,
	I can't already cry with pain;
	My role is to wipe
	Your tears again and again,

	My role is to wipe
	Your tears again and again,

	My role is to wipe
	Your tears again and again".


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M.M.   July  24th  1996

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