| **Sefer Gan Na'ul (The Locked Garden), pg. 29.** | **ספר גן נעול עמ' 29** | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Know that the act of combining (_tziruf_) is similar to the hearing of the ears, for the ear listens, and the sounds combine according to the form of the melody and articulation. Witness the harp and lyre, which combine their sounds, and through the blending of these sounds, the ears perceive alternation and transformation in strands of love. The strings, struck by the right hand and the left hand, move and bring a sweet taste to the ears. From there, the sound passes to the heart, and from the heart to the spleen, and joy is renewed in the meantime through the delight of alternating melodies | דַּע כִּי הַצֵּרוּף דּוֹמֶה לְשֵׁמַע הָאָזְנַיִם, כִּי הַאֲזֵן שׁוֹמַעַת וְהַקּוֹלוֹת יִצְטָרְפוּ לְפִי צוּרַת הַנִּגּוּן וְהַהֲבָרָה. וְהָעֵד כִּנּוֹר וְנֵבֶל שֶׁמְּצָרְפִין קוֹלָם, וּבְצֵרוּף הַקּוֹלוֹת הָאָזְנַיִם שׁוֹמְעוֹת חִלּוּף וּתְמוּרָה בְּחֶבְלֵי אַהֲבָה, וְהֶתֵּרִים הַמֻּכִּים בְּיַד יָמִין וּבְיַד שְׂמֹאל הֵם מִתְנוֹעֲעִים מְבִיאִים הַטַּעַם הַמָּתוֹק לָאָזְנַיִם. וּמֵהֶם עוֹבֵר הַקּוֹל אֶל הַלֵּב וּמִן הַלֵּב אֶל הַטְּחוֹל וְהַשִּׂמְחָה מִתְחַדֶּשֶׁת בֵּינְתַיִם בְּאֶמְצָעוּת תַּעֲנוּג חִלּוּף הַנִּגּוּנִים. |