"כולם רוצים שירים פשוטים, שירים עם שני אקורדים."

Translation: Everybody wants simple songs, songs with two chords.

[AssafPatir]

This is the first line from this song: https://youtu.be/HgC-gfNdghM

[xerostomus]

כּוּלָּם רוֹצִים שִׁירִים פְּשׁוּטִים
שִׁירִים בִּשְׁנֵי אָקוֹרְדִּים
כּוּלָּן דּוֹרְשׁוֹת מִילִּים פְּשׁוּטוֹת
שֶׁלֹּא אוֹמְרוֹת לִי שׁוּם דָּבָר.
Everyone wants simple songs
Songs in two chords
They all require simple words
They do not tell me anything.

יוֹצְאִים לִרְקוֹד רוֹצִים לִשְׂמוֹחַ
לֹא לֶחָשׁוּב יוֹתֵר מִידֵּי
לָשִׁיר בִּשְׁנֵי קוֹלוֹת
שֶׁעַם יִשְׂרָאֵל עוֹד חַי.
Going dancing want to rejoice
Not to think too much
Sing in two voices
That the people of Israel are still alive.

כּוּלָּם יוֹשְׁבִים בְּבֵית קָפֶה
מַאֲזִינִים לָרַדְיוֹ
וְכָל הַשָּׁעָה הַחֲדָשׁוֹת
אַחַר כָּךְ יֵשׁ פִּרְסוֹמוֹת.
(כָּכָה זֶה)
Everyone is sitting in a cafe
Listen to the radio
And the whole new hour
Then there are advertisements.
(that's how it is)

שׁוֹמְרִים עַל כּוֹשֶׁר גָּבוֹהַּ
זוֹרְקִים עִיתּוֹן וְקוֹנִים חָדָשׁ
רוֹאִים מְשַׂחֵק הַשָּׁבוּעַ
וְנִפְגָּשִׁים עִם כּוּלָּם בַּשַּׁבָּת
בַּמְּסִיבָּה בַּשְּׁכוּנָה.
Keep in high fitness
Throw out newspaper and buy new
Seeing a game this week
And meet with everyone on Shabbat
At a neighborhood party.

כּוּלָּם רוֹאִים שָׁעָה טוֹבָה
וּמוֹחְאִים כַּפַּיִים
אַךְ הַשָּׁעָה הִיא דֵּי רָעָה
תַּרְאוּ אֵיךְ שֶׁאֲנִי נִרְאָה.
Everyone sees a good hour
And clapping
But the time is pretty bad
Look how I look.

רוֹצֶה לִבְכּוֹת רוֹצֶה לִצְרוֹחַ
אַךְ אֶת זֶה לֹא יְשַׁדְּרוּ
לִהְיוֹת נֶחְמָד כְּדַאי
כִּי עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל עוֹד חַי.
We want to cry and we want to scream
But that will not be broadcast
Be nice and worthwhile
Because Israel is still alive.

כּוּלָּם רוֹצִים שִׁירִים פְּשׁוּטִים -
אָז קְחוּ, אָז קְחוּ...
Everyone wants simple songs -
So take it, so take it...

[xerostomus]

The google translate is not acurate... :-(

[Mazzorano]

Indeed :-)

[Hava_Dorit]

Thanks for the video! Edited to take out the obvious.

[Snommelp]

Reminds me of a story I once heard, where some country singer (can't remember who) complained that another country singer (again, can't remember who) was showing off and getting too fancy because he used a whole three chords in his songs.

[DerGoldmann]

Is the ״פ״ in ״פשוטים״ pronounced? For the life of me, I can't hear it.

[CAA15]

Yes, it is pronounced "p'shoe-team" פשוטים.

[bazzers]

Heh, it sounded to me like a line from a popular song (one I had never heard) -- both the general sentiment and the strong scansion -- so I came to these comments to check. Excellent! Now, onto the YouTube video!

[Beoski]

Ulpan Bayit has a podcast episode for Hebrew learners on this song: https://ulpan.co.il/podcast/ep-2-shirim-pshutim-simple-songs-with-yaron-sivan/

[Hadassah277241]

Duo did not accept, "They all want simple songs..." If כולם translates as everybody, how would you say "they all"?

[Theresa754142]

Kulam rotsim shirim pshutim, shirim im shnei aqordim.