| Ha’erev yored alei ofek bo’er, |
| ruchot batzameret hirtitu, |
| va’anu saviv lam’durah nesaper |
| al ish hapalmach ushmo Dudu: |
| Itanu halach bamas’a hamifrach, |
| itanu siyer hu bag’vul, |
| bekumzitz haya mezamer ve’od ech, |
| itanu sachav min halul… |
| Higishu finjan vehigidu: |
| hayesh od palmachnik kmo Dudu? |
| Haytah lo blorit mekurzelet se’ar |
| haytah lo bat tzchok ba’einaim |
| ve’et hakipohu bnot ad tzavar — |
| tzachak hu ad lev hashamaim. |
| Ech haleil hurdah min halev lo yachalof — |
| et ogen bachoshech charak, |
| hu yeled nasa min hayam el hachof, |
| litef et lechiv veshatak. |
| Chashvu az hachevreh: avud hu, |
| le’an hitgalgalta ya Dudu? |
| Vehineh hazeks ba ba’erev echad, |
| zarach az yare’ach shel kayitz, |
| veDudu chibek et hasten* shebayad, |
| vecheresh yatzanu baleil… |
| Im shachar hevenu oto min hakrav. |
| Hab’rosh tzamarto at hirkin. |
| rak mi sheshachal et hatov bere’av |
| otanu yachol lehavin… |
| Re’i, na imru vehagidu: |
| Ha’od mechayech hu sham, Dudu… |