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Elie Lederman

The Song

that Won the War

n the eve of Yom Please keep in mind that this and threatened to wipe out Israel .
Yerushalayim, come take song was first released at the Yom With that, when you closely examine
Oa fascinating journey with HaAtzmaut celebrations that year, Shemer ’ s lyrics, one cannot but feel
me of the poet Naomi Shemer’s some three weeks before the Six-Day that this song was prophetically
celebrated song, “Jerusalem of Gold,” 1 War , a time of great anxiety for the inspired , drawing from Biblical
and let’s explore the wealth of Jewish people living in Israel. Am Yisrael sources and envisioning Jerusalem ’s
sources from which Shemer drew her was genuinely fearful of Abdul Nasser reunification as promised by our
inspiration. who had closed the Straits of Tiran prophets .

ב ָ ה ָ ז ל ֶ ׁש םִי ַ ל ָ ׁשּורְי

Jerusalem of Gold
naomi shemer

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The mountain air is clear as wine But as I come to sing to you today ְ ךָל ריִׁשָל םֹוּיַה יִאֹובְּב ךַא ןִיַּיַּכ לּולָצ םיִרָה ריִוֲא
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And the scent of pines And to adorn crowns to you 13 12 םיִרָתְּכ רֹׁשְקִל ךָלְו םיִנָרֳא ַחיֵרְו
Is carried on the breeze of twilight I am the smallest of the 15 ְ ךִיַנָּב ריִעְּצִמ יִ ּ תְנֹטָק םִיַּבְרַעָה ַחּורְּב אָׂ ּ שִנ
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With the sound of bells youngest of your children 16 םיִרְרֹוׁשְּ מַה ןֹורֲחַאֵמּו םיִנֹומֲעַ ּ פ לֹוק םִע
And of the last poet
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And in the slumber of tree and stone םִיַתָפְׂ ּ שַה תֶא בֵרֹוצ ךֵמְׁש יִּכ ןֶבֶאָו ןָליִא תַמֵּדְרַתְבּו
Captured in her dream For your name scorches the lips 17 ףַרָׂש תַקיִׁשְנִּכ 2 ּהָמֹולֲחַּב הָיּובְׁש
The city that sits solitary Like the kiss of a seraph 18 םִיַלָׁשּורְי ךֵחָּכְׁשֶא םִא 3 תֶבֶׁשֹוי דָדָּב רֶׁשֲא ריִעָה
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And in its midst is a wall If I forget thee, Jerusalem בָהָז ּהָּלֻּכ רֶׁשֲא הָמֹוח ּהָּבִלְבּו
Which is all gold
Jerusalem of gold ...בָהָז לֶׁש םִיַלָׁשּ ורְי 4 בָהָז לֶׁש םִיַלָׁשּ ורְי
And of copper, and of light Jerusalem of gold... 6 רֹוא לֶׁשְו תֶׁשֹחְנ לֶׁשְו
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Behold I am a violin םִיַּ מַה תֹורֹוּב לֶא ּונְרַזָח 7 ְ ךִיַריִׁש לָכְל א ֹ לֲה
for all your songs We have returned to the cisterns רָּכִּכַלְו קּוׁ ּ שַל 8 רֹוּנִּכ יִנֲא
To the market and to 19 תִיַּבַה רַהְּב אֵרֹוק רָפֹוׁש
How the cisterns have dried the market-place הָקיִ ּ תַעָה ריִעָּב םִיַּ מַה תֹורֹוּב ּוׁשְבָי הָכיֵא
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The market-place is empty A ram’s horn calls out on הָקיֵר קּוׁ ּ שַה רַּכִּכ
And no one frequents the Temple Mount עַלֶּ סַּב רֶׁשֲא תֹורָעְּ מַבּו 10 תִיַּבַה רַה תֶא דֵקֹו ּ פ ןיֵאְו
the Temple Mount In the Old City 20 תֹוחְרֹוז תֹוׁשָמְׁש יֵפְלַא הָקיִ ּ תַעָה ריִעָּב
In the Old City חַלֶּ מַה םָי לֶא דֵרֵנ בּוׁשָנ
And in the caves in the mountain ֹוחיִרְי ךֶרֶדְּב 11 עַלֶּ סַּב רֶׁשֲא תֹורָעְּ מַבּו
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And in the caves in the mountain Thousands of suns shine תֹוחּור תֹולְּלַיְמ
Winds are howling We will once again descend ...בָהָז לֶׁש םִיַלָׁשּ ורְי חַלֶּ מַה םַי לֶא דֵרֹוי ןיֵאְו
And no one descends to the Dead Sea ֹוחיִרְי ךֶרֶדְּב
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to the Dead Sea By way of Jericho
By way of Jericho. ...בָהָז לֶׁש םִיַלָׁשּ ורְי
Jerusalem of gold...
Jerusalem of gold...

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