Bein nehar Perat U-nehar Chidekel
Bein nehar Perat venehar Chidekel
Al hahar mitamer dekel
Uvadakel bein af’ayav
Tishkon la duchifat zahav.

Tzipor zahav ufi, chugi
Tze’i uvakshi li ben-zugi
Uva’asher timtza’iehu –
Kifti oto ve-havi’iehu.

Ach im ein lach chut hashani
Dabri shalom el chatani
Ma tagidi lo? Hagidi:
Nafshi yotzet el yedidi.

Imri lo: hagan pore’ach
Na’ul hu ve’ein pote’ach
Rimon paz sham yesh bein alav
Ach ein mi she-yivarech alav.

Bein nehar Perat venehar Chidekel
Al hahar mitamer dekel
Uvadakel bein af’ayav
Tishkon la…

Between the Euphrates and the Tigris rivers
Between the Euphrates and the Tigris rivers
On the mountain towers a palm tree
And in the palm, among its branches
Dwells a golden hoopoe.

Golden bird, fly, circle
Go and seek my partner for me
And wherever you find him –
Bind him and bring him.

But if you lack the scarlet thread
Speak words of peace to my groom
What will you say to him? Say:
My soul yearns for my beloved.

Tell him: the garden is in bloom
It is locked and no one opens it
A pomegranate of fine gold is there among its leaves
But there is no one to say a blessing over it.

Between the Euphrates and the Tigris rivers
On the mountain towers a palm tree
And in the palm, among its branches
Dwells…