Libi Er - לִבִּי עֵר
One of Nava Tehila's melodies for Shir Hashirim. For bilingual display of verses click A/א above
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Dallas Texas, 2016

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(ב) אֲנִ֥י יְשֵׁנָ֖ה וְלִבִּ֣י עֵ֑ר ק֣וֹל דּוֹדִ֣י דוֹפֵ֗ק, פִּתְחִי־לִ֞י אֲחֹתִ֤י רַעְיָתִי֙ יוֹנָתִ֣י תַמָּתִ֔י, שֶׁרֹּאשִׁי֙ נִמְלָא־טָ֔ל קְוֻצּוֹתַ֖י רְסִ֥יסֵי לָֽיְלָה׃

(ח) הִשְׁבַּ֥עְתִּי אֶתְכֶ֖ם בְּנ֣וֹת יְרוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם אִֽם־תִּמְצְאוּ֙ אֶת־דּוֹדִ֔י מַה־תַּגִּ֣ידוּ ל֔וֹ שֶׁחוֹלַ֥ת אַהֲבָ֖ה אָֽנִי׃

(2) I was asleep, but my heart was wakeful. Hark, my beloved knocks! “Let me in, my own, My darling, my faultless dove! For my head is drenched with dew, My locks with the damp of night.” (8) I adjure you, O maidens of Jerusalem! If you meet my beloved, tell him this: That I am faint with love.

Ani yeshena velibi er kol dodi dofek, pitchi li achoti, ra'ayati, yonati, tamati, sheroshi nimla tal kvutsotai resisei layla.

Hishbati etchem benot Yerushalayim im timtse'u et dodi, ma tagidu lo, she-cholat ahava ani.

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Kabbalat Shabbat 2009, an early version of this melody