Power and might possesses the infidel -
Evil their desire,
Destruction their aim
I pray:
Harm not YOUR abiding children,
For they bleed YOUR blood…
Do not be deaf to my cries,
My entreaties for compassion…
They laugh at your world, scorn us….
Not us, but YOU!!
Arise my defender, Arise!!!
Return to Our side!
Make known YOUR unearthly power
Now!!!!
Tsunamis, hurricanes, natural disasters -
All measures of YOUR might,
Not enough!!
They will not see, will not believe!!
Ishmael has risen, has overpowered YOUR folk,
Claiming Defeat of Our Land, of Our G-D…
Our mothers mourn, our son’s die,
Our lives scattered in every corner of the globe…
I understand with bleeding heart, with broken soul
The reasons of YOUR anger…
YOU have given so much,
Asked so little,
We have not forgotten, yet we are lost…
Scattered in YOUR Diaspora,
Like sheep in the wilderness, straying from truth…
My G-D, perceive my prayers, my yearnings…
Conquer for YOUR people the dark side of Our natures,
The side that questions,
Refuses to accept
Commandments, laws, eternal truths.
YOU gave the land to hold, to keep –
We dispose, rescind, withdraw, annul –
Shame upon those who do not hear-
Shame upon those who corrupt, pollute,
Defile YOUR land-
Shame upon those who do not fear reprisal,
YOUR wrath, YOUR power,
The might of YOUR words!!!
Forgive my G-D those who look away…
Set them apart as in days of yore…
But those who suffer for YOUR land,
Who believe, who fight, not to forsake,
Reward and free from shackles of enslavement!
Open hearts and souls to peace and justice;
Replenish the spirit of those who seek YOUR ways,
Remunerate, compensate, and reward the keen of heart,
End suffering of YOUR people
Those who serve YOUR truth.
Send Moshiach to free the blind, soothe the sick,
Fulfill the promise - return the faithful,
Set free the captive - shame the convict…
Peace be YOUR mantle,
Joy YOUR shield,
Love OUR reward
Immediately, today, forever!
Amen
August 16. 2006
Vida Sana, Puiggari, Entre Rios, Argentina
Painfully inspired by the return of the Gush Katif
