Written and composed by Naomi Shemer
Over the honey and the [bee] sting
Over the bitter and the sweet
Over our baby girl
Please guard my good Lord.
Over the burning fire
Over the crystal-clear water
And over the man returning home from afar
Over all these things, over all these things
Please guard for me my good God
Over the honey and the [bee] sting
Over the bitter and the sweet.
Please don’t uproot what’s been planted
Don’t forget the hope
Lead me home and I will return
To the good land
Guard my God over this house
Over the garden and the wall
From sorrow, sudden fear
and from war
Protect the little I have
The light and the infants
The fruit not yet ripened and the ones that were picked.
Over all these things…
A tree rustles in the wind,
In the distance a star falls,
The wishes of my heart, in the darkness
Are being written now.
Please guard all these things for me
And over my beloved ones
Over the quiet, the tears
And this song.
Over all these things…
Naomi Shemer was a prominent Israeli musician and songwriter.
