על כל אלה [Al Kol Ellae] [English translation]

Over the honey and the stinger

Over the bitter and the sweet

And over our baby girl

Please guard my good lord

Over the burning fire

Over the crystal clear water

And over the man who is coming home

From afar

Over all these things, over all these things

Please stand guard for me my good g-d

Over the honey and the stinger

Over the bitter and the sweet

Don't uproot a sapling

Don't forget the hope

May you return me, and may I return

To the good land

Save the houses that we live in

The small fences and the wall

From the sudden war-like thunder

May you save them all.

Guard what little I've been given

Guard the hill my child might climb

Let the fruit that's yet to ripen

Not be plucked before its time.

(Chorus)

As the wind makes rustling night sounds

And a star falls in its arc

All my dreams and my desires

Form crystal shapes out of the dark.

Guard for me, oh Lord, these treasures

All my friends keep safe and strong,

Guard the stillness, guard the weeping,

And above all, guard this song.

(Chorus)

• Artist:Naomi Shemer