עברנו את פרעה נעבור גם את זה [Avarnu Et Par'oh Na'avor Gam Et Ze] [English translation]

Income tax, they processed/confiscated/seized my*1 speaker/amplifier

VAT, they processed my transmitter

The Electricity Company processed my battery*2

The Water Administration blocked/sealed my well

I saw that I'm rolling down into a crises, I started hallucinating

But we've survived Pharaoh, we'll survive this as well *3

A computer error cost me a million

An ATM swallowed my account balance

An electronic secretary*4 postponed an interview I had

An automatic judge revoked my (driving) licence

Into a mechanical lawyer I dropped a token/coin in the slot of his mouth

But we've survived Pharaoh, we'll survive this as well

I studied a useful and necessary profession

So that I wont be squeezed and pressured/stressed out

I persisted with it, I was diligent

However the system failure was also diligent*5 (very)

I found myself with the profession outside, getting thinner and thinner

But we've survived Pharaoh, we'll survive this too

Sometimes I get (smacked by) it in a crowded bus

or when getting out of a (parking) lot/court while I'm alert and pushed/urgent

Sometimes in the street from all the friction and rubbing/brushing against

from all the will for some kind of momentary happiness

In the back, in the ribs, sometimes in the face - this elbow!

But we've survived Pharaoh, we'll survive this as well

I went around some time without a goal

without definition, without a compromise

I lost height and some consciousness

I thought maybe anyhow - a definition

that will give an unequivocal and clear answer - I was torn over it

But we've survived Pharaoh, we'll survive this as well

And now I'm stuck in the modern/new-age time

And to be honest - I'm pretty indifferent

The situation might be bad*6 but I can't feel

I don't have the heart for all the material that the screen in serving

And the people's rule is coming down to the road - and I'm put to mockery

But we've survived Pharaoh, we'll survive this as well

Now let me give it to you in English

Sometimes in the future I'm gonna come

I'm gonna come good, you know, mum...

• Artist:Meir Ariel