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Jerusalem of Gold

Leonardo Gonçalves

Yerushalayim shel zahav

Avir harim tsalul k'yayin
Vereiyach oranim
Nissah beru'ach ha'arbayim
Im kol pa'amonim

U'vtardemat ilan va'even
Shvuyah bachalomah
Ha'ir asher badad yoshevet
Uvelibah - chomah

Chazarnu el borot hamayim
Lashuk velakikar
Shofar koreh behar habayit
Ba'ir ha'atikah
Uvme'arot asher baselah
Alfei shmashot zorchot
Neshuv nered el Yam Hamelach
B'derech Yericho

Yerushalayim shel zahav
Veshel nechoshet veshel or
Halo lechol shirayich Ani kinor

Yerushalayim shel zahav
Veshel nechoshet veshel or
Halo lechol shirayich Ani kinor

Ach bevo'i hayom lashir lach
Velach likshor k'tarim
Katonti mitse'ir bana'ich
Ume achron ham'shorerim

Ki shmech tsorev et hasfatayim
Keneshikat saraf
Im eshkachech Yerushalayim
Asher kulah zahav

Yerushalayim shel zahav
Veshel nechoshet veshel or
Halo lechol shirayich Ani kinor
Halo lechol shirayich Ani kinor

Yerushalayim shel zahav
Veshel nechoshet veshel or
Halo lechol shirayich Ani kinor
Halo lechol shirayich Ani kinor

Jerusalem of Gold

Mountain air is clear as wine
And the scent of pine trees
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 - a wall

We have returned to the cisterns
To the market and to the square
A shofar calls 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 light
Behold I am a violin for all your songs

Jerusalem of gold
And of bronze and light
Behold I am a violin for all your songs

But when I come to sing to you today
And to tie crowns for you
I am but a young boy
And the last of the singers

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 light
Behold I am a violin for all your songs
Behold I am a violin for all your songs

Jerusalem of gold
And of bronze and light
Behold I am a violin for all your songs
Behold I am a violin for all your songs

Escrita por: Naomi Shemer