[HANASHIR:15373] Re: Lu Y'hi English verse

[Rick Lupert <Rick...>]

>Is there an English lyric for Naomi Shemer's Lu Y'hi?  I have the 
>music and Hebrew lyrics in The Complete Shireinu and they have 
>provided an English translation, but I have heard that somewhere out 
>there exists a singable English verse.  Does anyone have it and 
>would you be willing to send it to me by e-mail before Rosh Hashanah?
>With many thanks,
>Rachelle
>
>

Hi Rachelle and anyone else interested,

I have these English verse in the songbook I compiled several years 
ago...I apologize that I don't have a source but here it is anyway:


And still the white sail in the distance,
Shines against the blackest cloud
Kol shen'vakeish, lu y'hi
And through the windows of the evening
Flicker festive lights so proud.
Kol shen'vakeish, lu y'hi  (chorus)

And now I hear the sound of fighting
Drums are beating trumpets blare
Kol shen'vakeish, lu y'hi
Amid the noise please listen closely
You will hear my simple prayer
Kol shen'vakeish, lu y'hi  (chorus)

Within a neighborhood in shadows
Waits a small house all alone
Kol shen'vakeish, lu y'hi
The summer ends, the Journey's over
Let them please at last come home.
Kol shen'vakeish, lu y'hi  (chorus)



Rick
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