Post by Rabbi Sammy Schtupp on Dec 31, 2011 17:12:49 GMT
O lovely Jerusalem liberated from the Arabs!
From your vastest deserts to your Wailing Wall
Where the proudest man can tremble at God's™ forgiving call.
From the joyous music that rings throughout your streets,
To your squares and gardens where each generation meets,
And from your tropic palm trees To every sun-drenched shore.
God's™ eternal presence vibrates through my core,
And renders me in total goddam awe, O Jerusalem!
As I greet the future on this shiny Jewish day,
I may not see roses crowning your way,
But I do see a beauty that is hard to convey.
I see one candle that is burning so strong,
It will melt our silence into fervent song,
The song that we have chanted for thousands of years,
The kosher song that rose out from our wars and our tears.
Hava Nagila! Oy! Oy! Oy!
From your vastest deserts to your Wailing Wall
Where the proudest man can tremble at God's™ forgiving call.
From the joyous music that rings throughout your streets,
To your squares and gardens where each generation meets,
And from your tropic palm trees To every sun-drenched shore.
God's™ eternal presence vibrates through my core,
And renders me in total goddam awe, O Jerusalem!
As I greet the future on this shiny Jewish day,
I may not see roses crowning your way,
But I do see a beauty that is hard to convey.
I see one candle that is burning so strong,
It will melt our silence into fervent song,
The song that we have chanted for thousands of years,
The kosher song that rose out from our wars and our tears.
Hava Nagila! Oy! Oy! Oy!
