YERSHALAIM
Mar. 10th, 2008 01:20 pmAll over is trembling Yershalaim,
Alow and aloft in flame.
Here now triumphs and fiercely reigns
Rome of Vespasian.
A stately Temple’s by fire kept,
Blood’s over holy stones shed,
Swords are along stoop shoulders wagged
In wild passion.
What can you do, my Jewish man
To keep your folk out pain?
Will bright ideas help you then?
Since they are ageless….
Nobody listens to your words,
Your head is broken and hurts,
And falling is your widow’s corps
On seven candles.
Dead bodies are on spears put.
Oh, what a rainbow here bloomed.
And life was wonderfully good
In Temple’s shadow!
You sister has been brought to shame,
Your kids are carried to the flame,
And dogs are licking your remains
In muddy wallow.
Oh, everlasting Jewish cry,
From olden times to days of mine.
Through years it stroke in my mind,
At nights it rankles.
Your townsmen were crucified,
But long ago were finished fights.
And stones are spattered with moonlight
In burnt up Temple…
Those scattered all over the world
Who for these walls have ever fought,
Ages shot along and winds have stopped
Aloft roof cave in.
But your ardor will never calm,
As in forgotten times that gone.
I just so happened to be one
Of those surviving.
Alow and aloft in flame.
Here now triumphs and fiercely reigns
Rome of Vespasian.
A stately Temple’s by fire kept,
Blood’s over holy stones shed,
Swords are along stoop shoulders wagged
In wild passion.
What can you do, my Jewish man
To keep your folk out pain?
Will bright ideas help you then?
Since they are ageless….
Nobody listens to your words,
Your head is broken and hurts,
And falling is your widow’s corps
On seven candles.
Dead bodies are on spears put.
Oh, what a rainbow here bloomed.
And life was wonderfully good
In Temple’s shadow!
You sister has been brought to shame,
Your kids are carried to the flame,
And dogs are licking your remains
In muddy wallow.
Oh, everlasting Jewish cry,
From olden times to days of mine.
Through years it stroke in my mind,
At nights it rankles.
Your townsmen were crucified,
But long ago were finished fights.
And stones are spattered with moonlight
In burnt up Temple…
Those scattered all over the world
Who for these walls have ever fought,
Ages shot along and winds have stopped
Aloft roof cave in.
But your ardor will never calm,
As in forgotten times that gone.
I just so happened to be one
Of those surviving.