A poem by Hannah Szenes, a paratrooper of the British Special Operations Executive , a Jewish heroine of World War II, who was killed after being captured in Hungary- and brutally tortured - during an effort to save Allied prisoners of war and organize Jewish resistance against the Nazi and Fascist Amalek. This was later put to music.
Eli, Eli,
Shelo yigamer leolam,
Ha-hol v'ha-yam,
Rishrush shel ha-mayim,
Barak bashamayim,
Tfilat ha-adam.
(Translation)
My God , my God,
I pray that these things never end,
The sand and the sea,
The rush of the water,
The crash of the heavens,
The prayer of the heart.
Our story did not end, despite the murderous slaughter & genocide of the Shoah . Our people are free. We have our homeland back. We still live.
Our story did not end, despite the murderous slaughter & genocide of the Shoah . Our people are free. We have our homeland back. We still live.
Am Yisrael Chai !
