Re: Yerushalyim Shel Zahav-English lyrics?

[Bailey, Kent R., Ph.D. <baileyk...>]

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> Adrian -- 
> Here's the one English verse to Yerushalayim Shel Zahav that I learned years
> ago:
> 
> "And far away beyond the desert, a thousand suns shall glow,
> We shall be going to the Jordan by way of Jericho.
> My simple voice cannot acclaim thee, too weak the words I choose,
> Jerusalem, if I forget thee, may my right hand its cunning lose."
> 


We found the last two lines a bit clumsy, and substituted:

"My simple voice cannot acclaim thee, the words beyond my skill
Jerusalem, if I forget thee, may my right hand be still".


Kent Bailey
B'nai Israel Synagogue
Rochester, MN