Hebrew Lyrics:

עוֹד יִשָׁמַע בְּעַרֵי יְהוּדָה

וּבְחוּצוֹת יְרוּשָלַיִם

קוֹל שָשוֹן וְקוֹל שִמְחָה

קוֹל חָתָן וְקוֹל כָּלָה

Transliteration:

Od yishama b'arei Yehudah

uv'ḥutzot Yerushalayim.

Kol sason v'kol simḥa

Kol ḥatan v'kol kalah.

Translation:

Yet again there shall be heard in the cities of Judah

and in the streets of Jerusalem​

the voice of joy and the voice of gladness,​ the voice of the bridegroo​m and the voice of the bride.

(Jerem​iah 33:10-11)

When is it sung:

As the ḥatan is being danced to the kallah for the Bedeken

As the ḥatan and kallah are led to the yiḥud room after the Ḥuppah ceremony

At various other points throughout the wedding

Recordings:

Melody 1

Melody 2

Hebrew Lyrics:

אִם אֶשְׁכָּחֵךְ יְרוּשָׁלָיִם, תִּשְׁכַּח יְמִינִי

תִּדְבַּק לְשׁוֹנִי לְחִכִּי אִם לֹא אֶזְכְּרֵכִי

אִם לֹא אַעֲלֶה אֶת יְרוּשָׁלַֽיִם עַל רֹאשׁ שִׂמְחָתִי

Transliteration:

Im eshkaḥeḥ, Yerushalayim, tishkaḥ yemini.

Tidbak lishoni, liḥiki,

Im lo ezkereḥi,

im lo a'a'leh, et Yerushalayim al rosh simḥati.

Translation:

If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget how to work. Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my chiefest joy

(Psalms 137:5-6)

When is it sung:

Before the glass is broken at the end of the Ḥuppah ceremony (sung by the ḥazzan (cantor))

Recording:

Melody

Hebrew Lyrics:


יָשִׂישׂ עָלַיִךְ אֱלֹהַיִךְ כִּמְשׂוֹשׂ חָתָן עַל כַּלָּה

Transliteration:


Yasis alayiḥ elohayiḥ, kimsos ḥatan al kalah

Translation:


Your God shall rejoice over you, as a groom rejoices over his bride

When is it sung:


At various points throughout the wedding

Recording:


Melody

Hebrew Lyrics:

סִימָן טוֹב וּמַזָּל טוֹב

וּמַזָּל טוֹב וּסִימָן טוֹב

(x3)

יְהֵא לָנוּ

(x1)

יְהֵא לָנוּ, יְהֵא לָנוּ

וּלְכָל יִשְׂרָאֵל

(x2)

Transliteration:

Siman tov umazal tov

Umazal tov usiman tov

(x3)

Yehe lanu

(x1)

Yehe lanu, yehe lanu

Uleḥol Yisrael

(x2)

Translation:

Good sign, and good luck

will come to us.

It will come to us, to us

and to all Israel.

When is it sung:

At various points throughout the wedding

Recording:

Melody