Yerushalayim shel zahav

Jerusalem of Gold

Yerushalayim shel zahav

Mountain air is clear as wineAvir harim tsalul k'yayin
And the scent of pine treesVereiyach oranim
Is carried on the breeze of twilightNissah beru'ach ha'arbayim
With the sound of bellsIm kol pa'amonim

And in the slumber of tree and stoneU'vtardemat ilan va'even
Captured in her dreamShvuyah bachalomah
The city that sits solitaryHa'ir asher badad yoshevet
And in its midst - a wallUvelibah - chomah

We have returned to the cisternsChazarnu el borot hamayim
To the market and to the squareLashuk velakikar
A shofar calls on the Temple MountShofar koreh behar habayit
In the Old CityBa'ir ha'atikah
And in the caves in the mountainUvme'arot asher baselah
Thousands of suns shineAlfei shmashot zorchot
We will once again descend to the Dead SeaNeshuv nered el Yam Hamelach
By way of JerichoB'derech Yericho

Jerusalem of goldYerushalayim shel zahav
And of bronze and lightVeshel nechoshet veshel or
Behold I am a violin for all your songsHalo lechol shirayich Ani kinor

Jerusalem of goldYerushalayim shel zahav
And of bronze and lightVeshel nechoshet veshel or
Behold I am a violin for all your songsHalo lechol shirayich Ani kinor

But when I come to sing to you todayAch bevo'i hayom lashir lach
And to tie crowns for youVelach likshor k'tarim
I am but a young boyKatonti mitse'ir bana'ich
And the last of the singersUme achron ham'shorerim

For your name scorches the lipsKi shmech tsorev et hasfatayim
Like the kiss of a seraphKeneshikat saraf
If I forget thee, JerusalemIm eshkachech Yerushalayim
Which is all goldAsher kulah zahav

Jerusalem of goldYerushalayim shel zahav
And of bronze and lightVeshel nechoshet veshel or
Behold I am a violin for all your songsHalo lechol shirayich Ani kinor
Behold I am a violin for all your songsHalo lechol shirayich Ani kinor

Jerusalem of goldYerushalayim shel zahav
And of bronze and lightVeshel nechoshet veshel or
Behold I am a violin for all your songsHalo lechol shirayich Ani kinor
Behold I am a violin for all your songsHalo lechol shirayich Ani kinor