I'm lonely (English translation of Bodeda Ani)
(Unreleased song, Esther Ofarim only recorded it for Kol Israel radio in 1961)
(lyrics: Ofra Elyagon, music: Ephraim Weill)
(
Hebrew original)

It spins,  it spins my lonely song,
it spins, it spins my song.
I'll sing with the wind, I'll dance with the shadow,
Lonely from morning to night.

When will my loneliness stop hurting?
When will I stop worrying?
When will I look joyfully to the world,
Laughing from morning to night?

A happy world is dancing, dancing,
a world is dancing, dancing.
Everyone went dancing long ago,
Everyone, big and small.

When will my loneliness stop hurting?
When will I stop worrying?
When will I look joyfully to the world,
Laughing from morning to night?

I'll tell, I'll tell my heart not to be troubled,
I'll tell, I'll tell my heart
Be glad, heart, because there's a dance tomorrow, too
And there's a small glass of wine.

I will know this because my loneliness will not stop hurting 
Because I won't stop worrying
Until I find my lost way again to you, dear.
I will know this because my loneliness will not stop hurting 
Because I won't stop worrying
Until I find my lost way again to you, dear.


Many thanks to Meir Cohen and Alan McDonald!

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