Yefe Nof - Landscape of beauty
Landscape of beauty! Joy to the world!Headquarters of a sovereign multitude!For you my soul yearns, from the far, far West.
Great compassion is stirred in meBy remembrance of future past:Your distinction, which was revealed, Your dwelling-places, doomed by the sword.
Who will give me, with which to fly, eagle’s wings?Now with my grateful tears I can quench the dust of your dry earth.
You are always on my mind.And though your great kings are history;And though, where once flowed the fabled Balm of Gilead,now scuttle snakes and scorpions;
Still, I will bestow kisses on your stones,For the taste of the land on my lips is sweeter than honey.
Landscape of beauty! Joy to the world!Headquarters of a sovereign multitude!For you my soul yearns, from the far, far West.
Lyrics by Yehuda Halevi (b. 1075 - d. 1141 AD)Music composed & sung by Eti AnkriEnglish translation: eBenBrandeis
Landscape of beauty! Joy to the world!Headquarters of a sovereign multitude!For you my soul yearns, from the far, far West.
Great compassion is stirred in meBy remembrance of future past:Your distinction, which was revealed, Your dwelling-places, doomed by the sword.
Who will give me, with which to fly, eagle’s wings?Now with my grateful tears I can quench the dust of your dry earth.
You are always on my mind.And though your great kings are history;And though, where once flowed the fabled Balm of Gilead,now scuttle snakes and scorpions;
Still, I will bestow kisses on your stones,For the taste of the land on my lips is sweeter than honey.
Landscape of beauty! Joy to the world!Headquarters of a sovereign multitude!For you my soul yearns, from the far, far West.
Lyrics by Yehuda Halevi (b. 1075 - d. 1141 AD)Music composed & sung by Eti AnkriEnglish translation: eBenBrandeis
יְפֵה נוֹף יְפֵה נוֹף מְשׂוֹשׂ תֵּבֵל קִרְיָה לְמֶלֶךְ רָבלָךְ נִכְסְפָה נַפְשִׁי מִפַּאֲתֵי מַעְרָב
הֲמוֹן רַחֲמַי נִכְמָר כִּי אֶזְכְּרָה קֶדֶםכְּבוֹדֵךְ אֲשֶׁר גָּלָה וְנָוֵךְ אֲשֶׁר חָרָב
וּמִי יִתְּנֵנִי עַל כַּנְפֵי נְשָׁרִים, עַד אֲרַוֶּה בְדִמְעָתִי עֲפָרֵך וְיִתְעָרָב
דְּרַשְׁתִּיךְ, וְאִם מַלְכֵּךְ אֵין בָּךְ וְאִם בִּמְקוֹםצְרִי גִּלְעֲדֵך - נָחָשׁ שָׂרָף וְגַם עַקְרָב
הֲלֹא אֶת אֲבָנַיִךְ אֲחוֹנֵן וְאֶשָּׁקֵםוְטַעַם רְגָבַיִךְ לְפִי מִדְּבַשׁ יֶעְרָב יְפֵה נוֹף מְשׂוֹשׂ תֵּבֵל קִרְיָה לְמֶלֶךְ רָבלָךְ נִכְסְפָה נַפְשִׁי מִפַּאֲתֵי מַעְרָב
מילים: ר יהודה הלוילחן: אתי אנקרי
הֲמוֹן רַחֲמַי נִכְמָר כִּי אֶזְכְּרָה קֶדֶםכְּבוֹדֵךְ אֲשֶׁר גָּלָה וְנָוֵךְ אֲשֶׁר חָרָב
וּמִי יִתְּנֵנִי עַל כַּנְפֵי נְשָׁרִים, עַד אֲרַוֶּה בְדִמְעָתִי עֲפָרֵך וְיִתְעָרָב
דְּרַשְׁתִּיךְ, וְאִם מַלְכֵּךְ אֵין בָּךְ וְאִם בִּמְקוֹםצְרִי גִּלְעֲדֵך - נָחָשׁ שָׂרָף וְגַם עַקְרָב
הֲלֹא אֶת אֲבָנַיִךְ אֲחוֹנֵן וְאֶשָּׁקֵםוְטַעַם רְגָבַיִךְ לְפִי מִדְּבַשׁ יֶעְרָב יְפֵה נוֹף מְשׂוֹשׂ תֵּבֵל קִרְיָה לְמֶלֶךְ רָבלָךְ נִכְסְפָה נַפְשִׁי מִפַּאֲתֵי מַעְרָב
מילים: ר יהודה הלוילחן: אתי אנקרי