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Title: Yerushalaim Shel Zahav Music and lyrics: Naomi Shemer The mountain air is clear as wine And the scent of pines Is carried on the breeze of twilight With the sound of bells. And in the slumber of tree and stone Captured in her dream The city that sits solitary And in its midst is a wall. Jerusalem of gold, and of bronze, and of light Behold I am a violin for all your songs. How the cisterns have dried The market-place is empty And no one frequents the Temple Mount In the Old City. And in the caves in the mountain Winds are howling And no one descends to the Dead Sea By way of Jericho. Jerusalem of gold, and of bronze, and of light Behold I am a violin for all your songs. But as I come to sing to you today, And to adorn crowns to you (i.e. to tell your praise) I am the smallest of the youngest of your children (i.e. the least worthy of doing so) And of the last poet (i.e. of all the poets born). For your name scorches the lips Like the kiss of a seraph If I forget thee, Jerusalem, Which is all gold... Jerusalem of gold, and of bronze, and of light Behold I am a violin for all your songs. We have returned to the cisterns To the market and to the market-place A ram's horn (shofar) calls out (i.e. is being heard) on the Temple Mount In the Old City. And in the caves in the mountain Thousands of suns shine - We will once again descend to the Dead Sea By way of Jericho! Jerusalem of gold, and of bronze and of light Behold I am a violin for all your songs.
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Title: Yerushalaim Shel Zahav Music and lyrics: Naomi Shemer 1. Avir harim tzalul kayayin Ve-reiach oranim Nisa be-ru'ach ha'arbaim Im kol pa'amonim U-v-tardemat ilan va-even Shvuya ba-haloma Ha-ir asher badad yoshevet U-be-liba homa. ||: Yerushalaim shel zahav Ve-shel nehoshet ve-shel or, Ha-lo le-kol shirayich Ani kinor. :|| 2. Eicha yavshu borot ha-mayim Kikar ha-shuk reka Ve-ein poked et Har ha-Bait Ba-ir ha-atika. U-va-me'arot asher ba-sela Meyalelot ruchot Ve-ein yored el Yam ha-Melach Be-derech Yericho. ||: Yerushalaim shel zahav Ve-shel nehoshet ve-shel or, Ha-lo le-kol shirayich Ani kinor. :|| 3. Ach be-vo'i ha-yom la-shir lach Ve-lach likshor ktarim Katonti mi-tze'ir bana'ich U-me-aharon ha-meshorerim. Ki shmech tzorev et ha-sfataim Ke-neshikat saraf Im eshkachech Yerushalaim Asher kula zahav ||: Yerushalaim shel zahav Ve-shel nehoshet ve-shel or, Ha-lo le-kol shirayich Ani kinor. :|| 4. Hazarnu el borot ha-mayim La-shuk ve-la-kikar. Shofar kore be-Har ha-Bait Ba-ir ha-atika. U-va-me'arot asher ba-sela Alfey shmashot zorhot Nashuv nered el Yam ha-Melach Be-derech Yeriho. ||: Yerushalaim shel zahav Ve-shel nehoshet ve-shel or, Ha-lo le-kol shirayich Ani kinor. :|| submitted by: josephnow@yahoo.com
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