The Listening Room
What We Are Listening To - A Communal Playlist of Favorite Music.
When was the last time you went to your friend’s house and listened to new music? We used to love to do that with our friends! Now we have that opportunity again, here! We’ll share some of our favorites. You can listen and comment on them and read comments from your friends. See box - send us your favorite music so we can share that too!
Oori Oori
Hazzan Basya, one of our wonderful resident guest artists, has just released a stunningly beautiful new album entitled “Songs of Desire” and this is one of my favorites off the album. What a groove and what a sound! You’ll have no choice but to smile when you hear this. Many of the artists who play with Hazzan Basya on this track have been Shoresh Halev guests, and Basya’s new Al Hanisim is part of our Shirei Neshama series. We’re so grateful and proud of you, Basya! See https://pharaohsdaughterband.bandcamp.com/album/songs-of-desire for full album.
Text from שִׁ֥יר הַשִּׁירִ֖ים Song of Songs
Chorus (4:16):
ע֤וּרִי צָפוֹן֙ וּב֣וֹאִי תֵימָ֔ן הָפִ֥יחִי גַנִּ֖י יִזְּל֣וּ בְשָׂמָ֑יו יָבֹ֤א [דוֹדִי֙] לְגַנּ֔וֹ [וְיֹאכַ֖ל פְּרִ֥י מְגָדָֽיו׃]
Awake, O north wind,
Come, O south wind!
Blow upon my garden,
That its perfume may spread.
Let my beloved come to his garden
And enjoy its luscious fruits!
Verse (5:10):
דּוֹדִ֥י צַח֙ וְאָד֔וֹם דָּג֖וּל מֵרְבָבָֽה׃
My beloved is clear-skinned and ruddy,
Preeminent among ten thousand.
Chorus
Verse (5:11):
רֹאשׁ֖וֹ כֶּ֣תֶם פָּ֑ז קְוֻצּוֹתָיו֙ תַּלְתַּלִּ֔ים שְׁחֹר֖וֹת כָּעוֹרֵֽב׃
His head is finest gold,
His locks are curled
And black as a raven.
Bridge (5:9)
מַה־דּוֹדֵ֣ךְ מִדּ֔וֹד הַיָּפָ֖ה בַּנָּשִׁ֑ים מַה־דּוֹדֵ֣ךְ מִדּ֔וֹד שֶׁכָּ֖כָה הִשְׁבַּעְתָּֽנוּ׃
How is your beloved better than another,
O fairest of women?
How is your beloved better than another
That you adjure us so?
Chorus
Verse (5:12):
עֵינָ֕יו כְּיוֹנִ֖ים עַל־אֲפִ֣יקֵי מָ֑יִם רֹֽחֲצוֹת֙ בֶּֽחָלָ֔ב יֹשְׁב֖וֹת עַל־מִלֵּֽאת׃
His eyes are like doves
By watercourses,
Bathed in milk,
Set by a brimming pool.
Chorus