Victoria Hanna - Ani Yeshena (I SLEEP) | ויקטוריה חנה - אֲנִי יְשֵׁנָה
Thanks to King Solomon, from Song of Songs, Shir Hashirim, for Victoria’s beautiful lyrics: Chapter 5:2
I sleep, but my heart awakes.
Hark, my Beloved is knocking, saying;
Open to me, my sister, my beloved, my dove, my undefiled, for my head is filled with the dew and my locks with the drops of the night.
I have taken off my coat; how shall I put it on?
I have washed my feet, how shall I soil them?
My Beloved put in His hand, by the latch of the door, and my heart thrilled for Him.
I rose up to open to my Beloved;
and my hands were dripping with myrrh and my fingers with flowing myrrh upon the handles of the lock.
I opened to my Beloved, but He had turned away and was gone.
My soul failed when He spoke.
I sought Him, but could not find Him.
I called Him, but He gave no answer.
The watchmen of the city found me and struck me. They took my veil from me.
O, I adjure you, o daughters ofJerusalem,
If you find my Beloved, tell Him
that I am sick with Love.