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