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avir harim tzalul keyeyn vereycha oranim
Mountain air clear as wine and the scent of pines
nisa barucha haarviyim im kol paamonim.
Carried on the evening breeze with the sound of bells.
uvtardemet ilan veeven shevuya bachalomah
And in the slumber of tree and stone captive in her dream
hair asher badad yoshevet uvlibah chuma
The city that sits alone and within her heart a wall
yerushalayim shel zahav veshel nechoshet veshel or
Jerusalem of gold and of bronze and of light
halo lechal shirayich ani kinor
Behold for all your songs I am a harp
ahhhhhhh ahh hahhhhhh yahhh hahh hahhhh
Ahhhhhhh ahhh hhhhhh yahhh hh hhhh
chazarnu el borot hamayim lashuk ulchikar
We have returned to the water wells to the market and the square
shofar kore behar habayit bair t y k .
A shofar calls on the Temple Mount in the o l d c i t y.
uvamearot asher basela alfey shemashot zorchot
And in the caves within the rock a thousand suns are shining
veshuv nered el yam hamelach bederech y r y ch v.
And once again we'll descend to the Dead Sea on the road to J e r i c h o.
yerushalayim shel zahav veshel nechoshet veshel or
Jerusalem of gold and of bronze and of light
halo lechal shirayich n y kinor
Behold for all your songs I am a harp
ahhhhhhh ahh hahhhhhh yahhh hahh hahhhh yerushalayimmm
Ahhhhhhh ahhh hhhhhh yahhh hh hhhh Jerusalemmm
ach bevoi hayom lashir lecha ulcha likshor ketarim
But as I come today to sing to you and to crown you with garlands
katonti matzir banayich umeacharon hameshorrim.
I am too small for the youngest of your sons and the last of the poets.
ki shemech tzorev et hasefatayim kinshikat saraf
For your name scorches the lips like the kiss of a seraph
im eshkachacha yerushalayim asher kulah z v
If I forget you Jerusalem you who are all g o l d
yerushalayim shel zahav veshel nechoshet veshel or
Jerusalem of gold and of bronze and of light
halo lechal shirayich n y kinor
Behold for all your songs I am a harp
yerushalayim shel zahav veshel nechoshet veshel or
Jerusalem of gold and of bronze and of light
halo lechal shirayich ani kinor kinor
Behold for all your songs I am a harp a harp
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