Market Song Lyrics English translation

The Marketplace (Shuk)

Oh, there are torrents of liquor here
And rivers of drink sure flow
There are mountains of watermelons tall as Mt. Carmel
Right next to hills of apples

The roses are seven times as beautiful
From behind the counter
But we ourselves next to all this plenty
We're as barefoot as shoemakers

So eat and drink and be happy with a cup of wine
Today you're young tomorrow you'll already be old
Yes just today It's cheap
But in two days from now - chopped in pieces

The shuk changes color constantly
But prices never change
And when the vendors go in for a kill
No tricks or lies

Come to us and walk around
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The market is vast and no one controls it
It's all yours It's all yours

So eat and drink and be happy with a cup of wine
Today you're young tomorrow you'll already be old
Yes just today It's cheap
But in two days from now - chopped in pieces

Here we shout as loud as we can
With brilliant rhymes
But we eat chicken feed and nothing more
Because poets never get paid

And when we dieplease bury us
Between the barrels and the bottles
'Cause just yesterday we came to market
And the song is already over

So eat and drink and be happy with a cup of wine
Today you're young tomorrow you'll already be old
Yes just today It's cheap
But in two days from now - chopped in pieces