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With
window open wide
She
sits and combs her hair;
You may think that she is shameless,
but in my eyes she is pure.
Woe
is me,my heart is heavy-laden,
If Rachel goes and leaves me,
What am I to do?
People
like to talk and gossip all day long,
But I love Rachel so
And her love for me is strong.
When evening follows day,
In cornfields do I stroll —
And if my love is not with me
I languish unconsoled.
You
stalks and ears of corn,
Tell Rachel that for her I sigh,
If she'll be away from me too long —
Then I must surely die.
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With Window Wide Open,
Music by Yehezkel Braun,
From: The Efroni Choir: Jewish and Israeli Music (1991)
Courtesy
of Beth Hatefutsoth, Museum of the Jewish Diaspora, Jewish
Music Dept.
The
Efroni Choir is conducted by Maya Shavit (piano, Batya Steinbok).
Read
poem in original Hebrew
"You
are fair, my love. . .
your hair is as a flock of goats,
coming down from Mount Gilead"
(Song of Songs 4: 1)
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