An Evening of Roses
Busking is awesome. Sometimes this happens: While busking at Haeundae Beach in Busan, South Korea, this lovely man came to sing and I joined him as soon as I realized it was the same song!! This is a beautiful Jewish song called EREV SHEL SHOSHANIM . The music was composed by Yosef Hadar and Hebrew lyric by Moshe Dor. The song has somehow found its way into Korean repertoire! ערב של שושנים נצא נא אל הבוסתן מור בשמים ולבונה .לרגלך מפתן לילה יורד לאט ורוח שושן נושבה הבה אלחש לך שיר בלאט .זמר של אהבה שחר הומה יונה ראשך מלא טללים פיך אל הבוקר, שושנה .אקטפנו לי Evening of Lilys Let us go out to the grove Myrrh, Spices, and Frankincense Is the carpet under your feet Night falls slowly And a wind of rose blows Let me whisper a song for you slowly A song of love Dawn and the dove coos Your hair is full of dewdrops Your lips are as roses unto the morning I will pick them for myself Here is the history & orig