Kol Dodi
Kol Dodi
$3.35
two voices and cello
- Premiere: 10 September 2007 / The Center for Jewish Culture / Seraphim (Gilda Lyons, Elaine Valby, Robert La Rue)
- Instrumentation: two voices and cello
- Duration: 3'
- Text: Traditional (words and tune adapted by the composer)
Text
Kol dodi
kol dodi
kol dodi hinë ze ba
m'dalëg al heharim
m'kapëtz al hagvaot
Or chavatzalot
zemer shoshanim
basharon ala
rëach adanim
Translation:
Hark! my beloved,
behold he cometh
leaping upon the mountains,
skipping upon the hills.
The light of the lilies
the song of roses-
in the Sharon
a pleasant scent rises.