I the Jew, A Song by Chaim Salenger

I have seen as I’ve walked
This twisted world
Through centuries of tears
More than I could ever say
And more than you could hear
For like a faded moon
Diminished in its girth
Beyond the clouds I loom
To oppose a poisoned earth
And I carry in my breast
The testimony from my youth
That you’re different from the rest
And you’re being here’s the proof

 

I the Jew
Like the vessel of a king
Cherished when it’s filled
Flowing out in a velvet stream
On a new earth freshly tilled
For when my mind is pure
I burn like a beckoning light
I sail on a silver stream
In the mist of a summer night
But if I should allow
The poison to intrude
To falsify my life
And all is misconstrued

 

I the Jew
There are mysteries I own
From which I cannot part
For they were carved in ancient code
On the tablets of my heart
For these are more than laws
Religion, faith, or creed
They’re everything I am
And all I’ll ever need
My Torah is the bride
I’ve loved since we were wed
With her I’m alive
Without her…

 

I the Jew
I’m the brotherhood they burned
In the ovens of their love
And there’s something I have learned
Though I need reminding of
When they waved their bloody cross
Thinking I would finally bend
And they saw that they had lost
Well now they tell me I’m their friend
And I’m melting in a pot
Of the brotherhood of lies
Where they say we’re all the same
And I must say good-bye

 

I the Jew
And though I’ve enemies indeed
It’s my own self that I fear
When the shepherd slips away
And the wolves are drawing near
For it’s my own sad fault
If I should stray from sight
To graze on foreign lands
To embrace a troubled night
And when the wolves come
Their faces I discern
The shepherd stands behind
Awaiting my return

 

I’m a Jew
And I walk this twisted world
Through centuries of tears
And it’s more than I could say
And it’s more than you could hear
For like a faded moon
Diminished in its girth
Beyond the clouds I loom
To oppose a poisoned earth
And I carry in my breast
The testimony from my youth
That you’re different from the rest
And you’re being here’s the proof

 

I the Jew