SFINEY SHLOMO HAMELECH
THE BOATS OF KING SOLOMON

 

 

Ken, hayah zeh chaver az me'ein kamohu
yamaim hayu halelu! Ish veish
tsur vekhush yad'u teivam ashdod vehodu
yam elot veyam kaftor veyam tarshish.

Gam meshot gam kos heitivu la'achoz hem
gam pigyon yad'u litfos behidrasham
hem nas'u agil gadol bit'nuch ha'ozen
umitsnefet me'odemet lerosham.

Ve'al mul merchak ha'ofek hanagol
kach hayu hem mezamrim yachdav bakol:
Etsion gever, etsion gever
etsion gever yam elot
basirot hayam ya'avar
uva'oniyot gdolot
ach rechev mayim lev gever
mi ovro be'ein meshot?
na'arah me'etsion gever
etsion gever yam elot.

Zot amru hem. Achar kach bekol atsevet
arukah haderech letarshishi
achar kach lekol p'kudah beruach tsevet
l'melachah kaftsu bein rega ish veish.

Ad sheme'im p'kudah lit'kof...ve'az beshe'at
bise'arah hem ba'oyev hayu portsim
vekim'at haytah haoniyah tova'at
bekoram: yechi shlomo vaychi hetsi.

Uve'odem ovrim kesa'ar ve'al'ul.
Kach hayu hem nos'im beyachad kol:
Etsion gever, etsion gever
etsion gever yam elot
shikah otanu davar
im nisog ve'im nimot
yevad'a hayom mi gever
vetishma et po'alo
na'arah me'etsion gever
etsion gever yam elot.

Uvashuvam ba'oniayh lechatsot yamim bah
hi nosa'at ots'rot kol eretz ve'ayem.
Almogim bah vezahav bah uvashamim bah
shenhavim bah vekofim vetochi'im.

Hi choteret umekoteret mor ufele
metsuleket msofot veza'ef kever.
Veyoda'ah hi: yamai shlomo hamelech
nifla'u me'almogim umezahav.

Shar haruach, shar mifrats kachol
kol vechol sharim yachdav bekol:

Etsion gever, etsion gever
etsion gever yam elot
basirot hayam ya'avar
uva'oniyot gdolot
ach rechev mayim lev gever
mi ovro be'ein meshot?
na'arah me'etsion gever
etsion gever yam elot.
 

 

 


Hebrew words

LYRICS Naomi Shemer
MUSIC Natan Alterman
SINGER Ilana Rovina
CD Everybody Sings Naomi Shemer  Track 12
 

Words transliterated & translated by George Jakubovits of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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