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Sunrise, Sunset

by Chaim Topol

on Fiddler on the Roof (1987)

TEVYE:
Is this the little girl I carried?
Is this the little boy at play?

GOLDE:
I don't remember growing older
When did they?

TEVYE:
When did she get to be a beauty?
When did he grow to be so tall?

GOLDE:
Wasn't it yesterday
When they were small?

MEN:
Sunrise, sunset
Sunrise, sunset
Swiftly flow the days
Seedlings turn overnight to sunflowers
Blossoming even as we gaze

WOMEN:
Sunrise, sunset
Sunrise, sunset
Swiftly fly the years
One season following another
Laden with happiness and tears

TEVYE:
What words of wisdom can I give them?
How can I help to ease their way?

GOLDE:
Now they must learn from one another
Day by day

PERCHIK:
They look so natural together

HODEL:
Just like two newlyweds should be

PERCHIK & HODEL:
Is there a canopy in store for me?

ALL:
Sunrise, sunset
Sunrise, sunset
Swiftly fly the years
One season following another
Laden with happiness and tears