Transliteration of the text:

Shalom aleichem mal'achei ha-sharet mal'achei Elyon,
mi-melech malchei ha-milachim ha-kadosh Baruch Hu.

Bo'achem le-shalom mal'achei ha-shalom mal'achei Elyon,
mi-melech malchei ha-milachim ha-kadosh Baruch Hu.

Barchuni le-shalom mal'achei ha-shalom mal'achei Elyon,
mi-melech malchei ha-milachim ha-kadosh Baruch Hu.

Beshivtechem le-shalom mal'achei ha-shalom mala'chei Elyon,
mi-melech malchei ha-milachim ha-kadosh Baruch Hu.

Composition:

Set to music by Sergio Liberovici (1930 - 1991), "Shalom aleychem", stanza 1, note: collected from the voice of the people who were prisoners in the Nazi concentration camps and who were passing through Turin in 1945

Text Authorship:

• by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, 16th or 17th century

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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-28
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Word count: 60