{"id":1468,"date":"2018-07-16T11:18:13","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T09:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/2018\/07\/16\/yerushalayim-shel-zahav-jerusalem-of-gold"},"modified":"2019-04-10T09:33:19","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T07:33:19","slug":"yerushalayim-shel-zahav-jerusalem-of-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/2018\/07\/16\/yerushalayim-shel-zahav-jerusalem-of-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"Naomi Shemer: Yerushalayim Shel Zahav \/ Jerusalem of Gold"},"content":{"rendered":"

This popular Israeli song<\/a> written by Naomi Shemer 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, when the Old City of Jerusalem was still under Jordanian control, this song became a battle cry for the Israeli troops and public throughout the war. Upon hearing that the paratroopers who liberated the Old City on the third day of the war sang this song at the Western Wall, Shemer added the final verse, transforming the already-beloved hit from a song of yearning to one of triumph.<\/em>\u00a0The song became so popular that it was even suggested that it replace “Hatikvah” as the official anthem of the State of Israel in 1968. An English translation of the lyrics can be seen on screen and below.\u00a0<\/em>See the Hebrew lyrics of the chorus below and the complete Hebrew lyrics\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u05d9\u05e8\u05d5\u05e9\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \u05e9\u05dc \u05d6\u05d4\u05d1
\n\u05d5\u05e9\u05dc \u05e0\u05d7\u05d5\u05e9\u05ea \u05d5\u05e9\u05dc \u05d0\u05d5\u05e8
\n\u05d4\u05dc\u05d0 \u05dc\u05db\u05dc \u05e9\u05d9\u05e8\u05d9\u05d9\u05da
\n\u05d0\u05e0\u05d9 \u05db\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05e8<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This popular Israeli song written by Naomi Shemer 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, when the Old City of Jerusalem was still under Jordanian control, this song became a battle cry for the Israeli troops and public […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":1469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":[],"categories":[2403,1655,2550,1778,1643,2551,1711,2554,236],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1468\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=1468"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1468\/revisions\/"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9320,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1468\/revisions\/9320\/"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1469\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=1468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=1468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=1468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}