Shabbat Shalom
Verse 1:
Avir harim tzalul kayayinvvere'ach oranim
Mountain air as clear as wine, and the scent of pine
Nisa baru-ach ha'arbayim im kol pa-amonim
Borne on the evening wind with the sound of bells
Uvtardemat ilan va'even shvuya bacholomah
And in the slumber of trees and stone, imprisoned in her dream
Ha'eer asher badad yoshevet uviliba chomah
Is the city which dwells alone, a wall within her heart
Chorus:
Yerushalayim shel zahav, veshel nechoset veshel ohr
Jerusalem of Gold, of bronze and light
Halo lechal shirayich ani kinor
I am the violin for all your songs
Verse 2:
Eykha yavhsu borot hamayim
How have the cisterns dried out
Kikar hashuk reyka.
The market square is empty.
Ve'eyn poked et Har habayit b'eer ha'atika
And no one goes up to the Temple Mount in the Old City
Uvamarot asher basela meyalelot rukhot
Through the caves in the rocks, the winds howl
Ve'eyn yored et Yam Hamelech bederech Yericho
And no one goes down to the Dead Sea by the way of Jericho
Verse 3:
Ach bavo'i hayom lashir lach
But when I come today to sing to you
Velach likshur ketarim
And to bind garlands for you
Katanti mitzeer banayich
I become smaller than the youngest of your sons
Um 'acharon hamshorerim
And the least of your poets
Verse 4:
Ki shmech tzorev et hasfatayim
For your name burns the lips
Kinishika saraf
Like the kiss of an angel
Eem eshkakech Yerushalayim
Let me not forget thee, O Jerusalem
Asher kala zahav
That all of gold
Verse 5:
Hazarnu el borot hamayim lashuk velakikar
We have returned to the market, the cistern, and the square.
Shofar koreh behar habayit b'eer ha'atika
The shofar calls on the Temple Mount in the Old City
Uvamarot asher basela alfei shmashot zorchot
And from the caves in the rocks, 1,000 suns glow again
Veshuv naded el yam hamelech baderech Yericho
We will go down to the Dead Sea by way of Jericho.
