Lamah halacht mimenu
ech azavt otanu
anu sho'alim kol pa'am mechadash
mah lo asinu
heshkenu vekivinu
stam pit'om azavt.

Hayiti chalashah
hayiti atzuvah
hatiti galmudah
lo yacholti lehitpate'ach
hayiti bochiyah
hayiti aluvah
hayah li potentzial
vedai.

Lamah azavt t'agever
hu hayah beseder
hu hayah oseh lach bayit v'yeladim
hasha'on shelanu
dofek bebiologit
veharosh shelach oved be'ayonit.

Lamah halacht mimenu...

Ratziti chofshiut
ratziti hitkadmut
ratziti lehatzli'ach
gam la'avod gam leharvi'ach
ratziti Tel Aviv
ule'ametz tachbiv
ratziti matarah
vedai.

Lamah halacht mimenu...

Rotzah harpatka'ot
g'varim im koukiot
be-high-society(im)
ani rotzeh lashir shirim
chipasti et atzmi
me'ever lere'i
ve'lo raiti k'lum.

Ha'ayerah doma'at
rak mitga'aga'at
kol hayeladim ozvim ve'lo chozrim
mah mah lo asinu
heshkenu vekivinu
uvasof halacht.