Hachatan omed bafetach
mesader ta'anivah
yom gadol omed bafetach
hasimchah kvaer bas'vivah.
Od me'at yatchil hatekes
hak'rovim mehudarim,
hachotenet mechaleket
hora'ot lameltzarim.
Bemis'adat Luciano
kishuim al hatikrah,
ha'ofot beParmegiano,
haparvot behash'kerah.
Po vasham shotim Campari
mev'sutim venehenim,
zehu reg'a shechulam sham
mechakim lo zeh shanim.
Uvetoch chadrah hakalah s'gurah
bere'i hi mitbonenet,
uvalev rotet, hi lo rotzah latzet
vehatizmoret menagenet...
Saba Pardo meshachne'a
"yaldati zeh lo nora,"
kol shel bechi mev'ave'a
mehadelet has'gurah.
Tanta Roza gam toremet
shichnu'im ve'arachim,
veha'ima mitchanenet
"lo na'im meha'orchim"
Uvetoch chadra hakalah...
Hachotenet kvar tzo'eket
al ima shel hakalah
"eizo bat at megadelet
gam besechel betulah!"
"Uvenchem" tzo'ek ha'aba
"mekumat umeyutar"
"lo nachon" kofetz hasaba
vetofes lo batzavar.
Hadodim tofsim be'agatim
mashlichim al haz'kenim.
Tanta Roza t'aspaghetti
mekabel bapanim.
Ba'avir afim hastikim,
nehefchim hashulchanot
ha'orchim kor'im t'asakim
zochalim el had'latot.
Uvetoch chadra hakalah...
Luciano al haboker
mefanim et hachorvah
chatunah olah beyoker
zeh mechir ha'ahavah.
Rav-meltar im tzharim
"tizdarzu" tzo'ek rotan
"kvar chamesh dakot lishtaim
yesh od zug shemitchaten."