Erev Shel Shoshanim (English: Evening of Lilies or Evening of Roses; the Hebrew word shoshana has been identified with both flowers[1]) is a poetic Hebrew love song. Its melody is often used as wedding music in Jewish weddings. It is well known not only within Israeli and Jewish music circles, but known throughout the Middle East, and it is often used as a song belly dancers dance to.
Erev shel shoshanim
Evening of roses
Netse na el habustan
Let us go out to the grove
Mor besamim ulevona
Myrrh, perfumes, and Frankincense
Leraglech miftan
Is the carpet under your feet
Layla yored le'at
Night falls slowly
Veru'ach shoshan noshvah
And a wind of rose blows
Hava elchash lach shir balat
Let me whisper a song for you slowly
Zemer shel ahava
A song of love
Shachar homa yona
Dawn and the dove coos
Roshech male telalim
Your hair is full of dewdrops
Pich el haboker shoshana
Your lips are as roses unto the morning
Ektefenu li
I will pick them for myself