Heinrich Schalit’s Hebrew song, Sh’nat olam, is among his departures from his main focus of synagogue music, although its subject, too, is religious. The text was found in the collection of Schalit’s personal documents.
Poem: Yehuda Halevi
Sung in Hebrew
To meet my life source I run;
Therefore this vain and empty life I abhor.
To see the face of my King is my sole quest.
Besides Him none do I fear or adore.
O that I might see Him in a dream!
I would eternally sleep and not awaken.
If only I beheld His face within the home of my heart,
My eyes would not ask to look outside.
Poem: Yehuda Halevi
likrat m’kor ḥayye emet arutza
al ken b’ḥayyay shav v’rik arutza.
lirot p’ney malki
namti l’vad
lo e’erotz bilto v’lo aritza,
mi yit’neni laḥazoto vaḥalom
ishan sh’nat olam
v’lo akitza
lu eḥeze fanav b’libi vayta
lo sha’alu eynay l’habit ḥutza
Performers: Re'ut Ben-Ze'ev, Soprano; John Musto, Piano
Translation: Eliyahu Mishulovin
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