SISU ET YERUSHALAYIM
REJOICE IN JERUSALEM
   

Chorus:
Sisu et Yerushalayim
Gilu va
Gilu va kol ohaveiha
Kol Ohaveiha

Verse 1
Al chomotayich ir david
hifkad'ti shomrim,
Kol hayom vechol halaila
(repeat )

Sisu et Yerushalayim.......

Al tira ve'al teichat
Avdi Ya'akov.
Ki yafutsu misaneicha
(repeat )

Sisu et Yerushalayim.......

Se'i saviv einayich urei kulam
nikbetsu uva'u lach.
(repeat )

Sisu et Yerushalayim.......

V'ameich ameich
Kulam tsadikim
L'olam yirshu aretz.

Sisu et Yerushalayim.......

Chorus:
Rejoice with Jerusalem,
and be glad with her.
All you that love her.
all who love her.

Verse 1
On your walls, Oh city of David
I have stationed watchmen,
all day and night.
(repeat)

Rejoice in Jerusalem..........


Do not fear,
my servant Jacob,
for your enemies shall be scattered before you.
(repeat)

Rejoice in Jerusalem..........

Look about you and behold;
they are all gathering and coming unto you.
(repeat)


Rejoice in Jerusalem..........

And your people
are all holy
and forever shall inherit the land.

Rejoice in Jerusalem..........

   


Hebrew words



LYRICS Isaiah
MUSIC Akiva Nof
Zamir Choir version on Jewish Music.com
 

Words entered by Aura Levin Lipski of Melbourne, Australia.
The source book is "Bekol Ram" pages 16-17
The Shiron of the Youth and Hechalutz Department of the WZO, Jerusalem
Year not specified. Selected and prepared for publication by Uri Cohen and Zvi Ben-Porat
Please note: This songbook is no longer published or available for purchase.
There are only limited copies available in libraries worldwide.


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