Remember
It’s 1943. Nazi beasts roaming the Earth,
Jewish men, women and children
Packed up in the cattle wagons:
No love, no care, no kindness.
Can’t anyone else see? They’re treated worse than animals:
No basic necessities allowed, no food, no water.
Nazi beasts guard the trains, ready to shoot
Anyone who would approach to give
Maybe a little bit of water, maybe a little bit of food.
Alas! Nazi beasts are roaming the Earth
Like vampires, lurking around, searching for Jewish blood
The whole world pretends to be blind, deaf, and silent
While the Jewish nation is sent to the newly built chambers,
And so the Nazi beasts continue to scream
Their nightmares in your ears:
Infinite cruelty, immeasurable justice
The loudest cry you give
And all they hear is silence;
How much pain should a Jewish heart endure?
Don’t let the sun fool you,
It may be daylight outside,
But inside it’s forever dark.
With Nazi beasts roaming the Earth
A million cold shivers up and down your spine
They hurt, they kill, so happy with no hesitation
And so they built a mountain of bodies
For them, every Jew is just a meaningless, invisible number,
In the terrible flames and smoke they send
All the ones you know, all the ones you love:
Remember these times,
Remember their number,
Never forget
Six million Jews!
And carry their memory
No matter where and when you go
And so they will live eternally
Today, tomorrow, and forever after
Inside your Jewish heart,
Inside your Jewish soul.
There's a Bridge Somewhere
There's a bridge somewhere
Connecting the sea and the sky
Some never heard about it
Others have drifted away
Like seconds in time
As the summer sun shines into the world
The water of the seas echoes your name
There's freedom for everyone to find
There's happiness and love,
If you would lift up your heart
And sing with the waves along,
Embracing the simple vision
That behind the horizons,
There's at least hope.
There's a bridge somewhere
Connecting the earth and the sky
Some never heard about it
Others have drifted away
Like seconds in time;
And then, you might just wonder
If through rain and thunder
The world appears upside down,
How many will remember
To stop walking on the mistaken side?
If happiness were just one step away
Wouldn't you hold on for
A second, a minute, and an hour more?
Don't let the tears
Come and shatter your heart
As you close your eyes to dream
The sea will whisper in your ears:
Have you counted today
All the small grains
That caress your feet
When you walk on the sand?
Do you know
How all the seconds of the past
Are building the future
In the everlasting life?
Some things will come
To you in time;
There's a bridge somewhere
Connecting the sea and the sky
And as you turn away from light,
Don't forget!
Embrace with you
The small things of the world
And remember to sing along:
There's a bridge somewhere
Connecting the sea and the sky
Some never heard about it
Others have drifted away
Like seconds in time.
The Kotel Song
In a golden memory
I bow with my blue life in front of you,
The white, sturdy, ancient Wall,
And the wind blows the sorrow of my tears
Towards you, just before they fall;
I dare not look, nor move, nor say a word—
Crestfallen thoughts sprint along.
In my green eyes, the everlasting leaves
Of the Yerushalayim trees
Embrace all the unforgotten memories:
A long, long time ago, the wind of the dessert
Imprisoned my eyes in forlorn ice
While my soul kept flying towards you,
Always looking for the dream they haven't seen.
Bringing with it all its fears,
Quickly comes again the wind
But my tears stand tranquil in the air;
As time carries with us an invisible name
In the mirror of one sea,
There's vivacity, and no bereavement!
The genuine icon of the future?
The power of antonymic words
In a pantomimic world.
Shalom
I have to write in my blue book
Like I did it yesterday,
Like I've done it since I was born.
Alas! My pen drips its ink on the floor
While the red rose forgets in the wind
Its petals of remorse.
I have to turn the page
And scribble about another moment;
Hold still, time! My beautiful white rose,
They robbed you. Silence,
No one will fight with you!
It is just the dove's murmur by my side.
I am descending from my dais
After reading and writing.
In my place, they left a shattered clock!
Wings and vapors hold me still;
Maybe time will disappear:
Peace and calm and no one.
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