Jerusalém de Ouro (Yerushalayim Shel Zahav) Lyrics Translation in English

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Portuguese Lyrics

English Translation

Das montanhas

From the mountains

O cheiro agreste

The wild smell

O vento é uma carícia

The wind is a caress

A árvore dorme em pedra e pó

The tree sleeps in stone and dust

Mas a cidade não está só

But the city is not alone


Das montanhas

From the mountains

O cheiro agreste

The wild smell

O vento é uma carícia

The wind is a caress

A árvore dorme em pedra e pó

The tree sleeps in stone and dust

Mas a cidade não está só

But the city is not alone


Jerusalém toda de ouro

Jerusalem all of gold

Minha eterna namorada

My eternal girlfriend

Estou aqui com meu calor

I am here with my warmth

Minha fé, meu amor

My faith, my love


Yerushalayim shel zahav

Yerushalayim shel zahav

Veshel nechoshet veshel or

Ve'shel nechoshet ve'shel or

Halo lechol shirayich ani kinor.

Halo lechol shirayich ani kinor


Avir harim tsalul k'yayin

The air of the mountains is as clear as wine

Vereiyach oranim

And the fragrance of the pines

Nissah beru'ach ha'arbayim

Carried on the evening breeze

Im kol pa'amonim.

With the sound of bells


U'vtardemat ilan va'even

And in the slumber of tree and stone

Shvuyah bachalomah

Imprisoned in the dream

Ha'ir asher badad yoshevet

The city that sits alone

Uvelibah - chomah.

And in her heart - a wall


Yerushalayim shel zahav

Yerushalayim shel zahav

Veshel nechoshet veshel or

Ve'shel nechoshet ve'shel or

Halo lechol shirayich ani kinor.

Halo lechol shirayich ani kinor


Yerushalayim shel zahav

Yerushalayim shel zahav

Veshel nechoshet veshel or

Ve'shel nechoshet ve'shel or

Halo lechol shirayich ani kinor.

Halo lechol shirayich ani kinor


U'vtardemat ilan va'even

And in the slumber of tree and stone

Shvuyah bachalomah

Imprisoned in the dream

Ha'ir asher badad yoshevet

The city that sits alone

Uvelibah - chomah.

And in her heart - a wall


Yerushalayim shel zahav

Yerushalayim shel zahav

Veshel nechoshet veshel or

Ve'shel nechoshet ve'shel or

Halo lechol shirayich ani kinor.

Halo lechol shirayich ani kinor


Yerushalayim shel zahav

Yerushalayim shel zahav

Veshel nechoshet veshel or

Ve'shel nechoshet ve'shel or

Halo lechol shirayich ani kinor.

Halo lechol shirayich ani kinor


Yerushalayim shel zahav

Yerushalayim shel zahav

Veshel nechoshet veshel or

Ve'shel nechoshet ve'shel or

Halo lechol shirayich ani kinor.

Halo lechol shirayich ani kinor


Yerushalayim shel zahav

Yerushalayim shel zahav

Veshel nechoshet veshel or

Ve'shel nechoshet ve'shel or

Halo lechol shirayich ani kinor.

Halo lechol shirayich ani kinor

Added by Pedro Santos
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil October 30, 2024
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