Creator Bio
Naomi Shemer
1930–2004
Born in Kvutzat Kinneret, Naomi Shemer began her musical career leading communal song at the kibbutz as a child; the first songs she composed were for children. During her service with the Israel Defense Forces, Shemer wrote several songs for the Central Command troop. After she left the army, Shemer continued to compose songs for a variety of Israeli singers, many of which described the natural beauty of Israel’s landscape. Shemer’s songs gained wide popularity in the 1960s and 1970s, most notably following the 1967 and 1973 wars. Shemer’s songs remain popular today.
Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator
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Troubadour
The road is long and wide
The road is long and resplendent
We all walk it till the very end
We all walk it until the bitter end
But I walk the road alone
I give thanks and sing Hallelujah
I sing a…
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Yerushalayim Shel Zahav
Among the dreamy pines
As evening light is slowly dying
And a lonely bell still chimes
So many songs, so many stories
The stony hills recall . . .
Around her heart my city carries
A lonely ancient…
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Lu Yehi
Beyond the cloud upon the ocean
There’s a white and lonely sail
Let us pray and hope
lu yehi
I light a candle at my window
And its flame is shy and frail
Let us pray and hope
lu yehi
Let us…