LYRIC

YERUSHOLAYIM (English)- Mordechai Ben David- Composed By Mona Rosenblum & MBD, Lyrics By Pnina Klaver- Tomid Besimcha

Bereishis, at the dawn of time
A vision so divine
Reveals a nation yet to be,
Beside them all the world would pale
For they are Yisroel
A shining light for all to see.

And they would come together
Pledge their love forever
Tying the knot at Har Sinai,
The dowry was the land
Of milk and honey and
The joy it would bring as time went by.

From Egypt’s liberation through the splitting sea
The nations of the land retreated fearfully
The mighty walls did crumble as the Shofar blew
Yericho fell and finally our homeland was in view.

CHORUS:
Yerushalayim, We will never leave you
Now and forever, heart and soul we need you,
Our life and our prayer, the dream that lives inside of us
City of our fathers, we will never let you go.

Once upon the mountain high
He heard the angels cry
As they behold the Akeida,
And knowing what his father taught
Dovid Hamelech bought
The holy mountain Moria.

His son worked endlessly, and so it came to be
A Bais Hamikdash built of purest gold,
Kings would come from far and wide
And cast away their pride
They did proclaim to young and old.

There is only one Ribono Shel Olam
If we had only listened, we would still be one,
With Eretz Yisroel and all that we have lost
How soon we did forget it all and oh at what a cost!!!!

CHORUS:
Yerushalayim, We will never leave you
Now and forever, heart and soul we need you,
Our life and our prayer, the dream that lives inside of us
City of our fathers, we will never let you go.
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Now it’s been two thousand years
And as we fight our tears
We miss you dearly one and all,
The agonies we have survived
And yet we still arrive
To find the answers at your wall.

We fought so hard to make you home
For you and ours alone
No matter what the world may say,
We will not forsake you
No! They’ll never take you
For we are your soul and this day.

Deep inside our hearts we know that it will be
We will rise again for all the world to see,
And as we do our Bayis will descend in fire
To light your streets again and to fulfill the world’s desire!

CHORUS:
Yerushalayim, We will never leave you
Now and forever, heart and soul we need you,
Our life and our prayer, the dream that lives inside of us
City of our fathers, we will never let you go.