The Song Remains – דאָס ליד איז געבליבן

Tag: silence

  • Let the Sound Fall Silent

    Let the ring of every bell fall silent; / we’ve pondered freedom long enough! / The sound has come to drive away the night: / the shofar’s call, boldly awakening our might.

  • The Silent Boulder

    Yakov Shudrikh Capped and wrapped in a blanket of white,the gray boulder—a silent giant—sleeps.Below him, hushed and slender streams murmur,while along his back tread my feet. I clamber over him and hear distant echoesrumbling through the solitude of the woods.Birds chatter, and branches answer,but the boulder remains petrified and cold. The day moves silently in…

  • A Letter from the Shtetl

    Softly the clock sounds its mournful tick-tock, / in the so still home with its ashen walls … / The sadness is painful, the silence is laden, / the hours drag slowly from one to the next…

  • Landscapes

    On the downy snow-bed / nights lie and serenely sleep, / in stalls, cows doze …

  • Love

    Just as musical chords can lie hidden / for someone to strum the silent strings, / I hold love in my heart and bide, / though no one has yet come by.

  • I’m Not Envious

    I’m not envious of anyone, / save the song of the scythe / eventide in the countryside…