{"id":2040,"date":"2018-07-16T09:18:13","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T09:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/2018\/07\/16\/yerushalayim-shel-zahav-jerusalem-of-gold"},"modified":"2018-07-16T09:18:13","modified_gmt":"2018-07-16T09:18:13","slug":"yerushalayim-shel-zahav-jerusalem-of-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/en\/2018\/07\/16\/yerushalayim-shel-zahav-jerusalem-of-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"Yerushalayim Shel Zahav \/ Jerusalem of Gold"},"content":{"rendered":"

This popular Israeli song<\/a> written by Naomi Shemer and performed by Ofra Haza describes\u00a0the Jewish people’s age-old yearning for and ultimate return\u00a0to Jerusalem. Released just three weeks before the outbreak of the Six Day War in 1967, this song became a battle cry for the Israeli troops and public throughout the war. Shemer added the final verse upon hearing\u00a0<\/em>the paratroopers singing it at the Western Wall,\u00a0when the Old City of Jerusalem came under Israeli control. The video has onscreen English lyrics, and the translated and transliterated lyrics<\/a> can also be seen below.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Jerusalem of Gold<\/h2>\n

The mountain air is clear as water
\nThe scent of pines around
\nIs carried on the breeze of twilight,
\nAnd tinkling bells resound.<\/p>\n

The trees and stones there softly slumber,
\nA dream enfolds them all.
\nSo solitary lies the city,
\nAnd at its heart — a wall.<\/p>\n

Oh, Jerusalem of gold, <\/strong>
\nand of light and of bronze, <\/strong>
\nI am the lute for all your songs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The wells are filled again with water,
\nThe square with joyous crowd,
\nOn the Temple Mount within the City,
\nThe shofar rings out loud.<\/p>\n

Within the caverns in the mountains
\nA thousand suns will glow,
\nWe’ll take the Dead Sea road together,
\nThat runs through Jericho.<\/p>\n

Oh, Jerusalem of gold…<\/strong><\/p>\n

But as I sing to you, my city,
\nAnd you with crowns adorn,
\nI am the least of all your children,
\nOf all the poets born.<\/p>\n

Your name will scorch my lips for ever,
\nLike a seraph’s kiss, I’m told,
\nIf I forget thee, golden city,
\nJerusalem of gold.<\/p>\n

Oh, Jerusalem of gold…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yerushalayim Shel Zahav<\/h2>\n

Avir harim tsalul k’yayin
\nVereiyach oranim
\nNissah beru’ach ha’arbayim
\nIm kol pa’amonim. <\/em><\/p>\n

U’vtardemat ilan va’even
\nShvuyah bachalomah
\nHa’ir asher badad yoshevet
\nUvelibah – chomah.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

Yerushalayim shel zahav
\nVeshel nechoshet veshel or
\nHalo lechol shirayich Ani kinor. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Chazarnu el borot hamayim
\nLashuk velakikar
\nShofar koreh behar habayit
\nba’ir ha’atikah.<\/em><\/p>\n

Uvme’arot asher baselah
\nAlfei shmashot zorchot
\nNashuv nered el Yam Hemalach
\nB’derech Yericho<\/em><\/p>\n

Yerushalayim shel zahav…<\/strong>
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

Ach bevo’i hayom lashir lach
\nVelach likshor k’tarim
\nKatonti mitse’ir bana’ich
\nUme achron ham’shorerim.<\/em><\/p>\n

Ki shmech tsorev et hasfatayim
\nKeneshikat saraf
\nIm eshkachech Yerushalayim
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

Yerushalayim shel zahav…<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This popular Israeli song written by Naomi Shemer and performed by Ofra Haza describes\u00a0the Jewish people’s age-old yearning for and ultimate return\u00a0to Jerusalem. Released just three weeks before the outbreak of the Six Day War in 1967, this song became a battle cry for the Israeli troops and public throughout the war. Shemer added the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2041,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":[],"categories":[46],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2040\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=2040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2040\/revisions\/"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2041\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=2040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=2040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=2040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}