| They Shall Not Break Us They shall not break us Nor shall we bend our back, As long as this spirit is in us And as long as this command doesn't slack. This generation was chosen and shan't fail Because in Zion's furnace it was fused. Indeed we knew: the path of jail Is no longer the last path used. Chorus: Despite every hinderer and foe To tomorrow we will boldly go. They shall not break us Nor shall we bend our back. Homeland-mother is in a faraway place Dripping blood, struggling with zeal. Mother, your suffering we will place Upon our hearts like a seal. In this place do we tread Because the desert is closed upon us still. But a step like this, it is said, Is like a step up the hill Chorus� It is a long journey to the shore More than one will fall dead. But we will forever more Proudly raise our head, When a generation went to Babylon, before long Their fiddle they hung upon a tree. We will sound the song On exile's land wherever we'll be. Written by David Niv Translated by Shifra Shomron 3 Av 5765 (August 2005). home page previous next |
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