Shechora Ani (I am Black) for Soprano and Piano (From Song of Songs)

Note: Shechora Ani is an Aria from the Oratorio Song of Songs, Op. 137.

Sivan Goldman

Daniella Lugassy & Charles Spencer Live in Jerusalem

Lyrics: Song of Songs, chapter 1, Verses 5-6

Publisher: The Marc Lavry Heritage Society

Lyrics
Transliteration from Hebrew to English:

Shechora ani venava
bnot yerushalayim
Ke’ohalei kedar kiriyot shelomo
shechora ani venava.
Al tir’uni she’ani shcharchoret
sheshezafatni hashamesh.
Bnai i’mi, nicharu vi,
Samuni notera et hakeramim.
Karmi sheli, lo natarti

Translation (Song of Songs: chapter 1, verses 5-6):
I am black, but comely,
O ye daughters of Jerusalem
as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
Look not upon me, because I am black,
because the sun hath looked upon me:
my mother’s children were angry with me,
they made me the keeper of the vineyards;
but mine own vineyard have I not kept.

Performances:

Salute Concert to Marc Lavry
June 17, 2012 8:30PM concert at the Enav Center in Tel-Aviv
The aria Shechora Ani from Song of Songs will be performed by
Soprano Claire Meghnagi
Pianist Irena Friedland