Masada moans, there are fates worse than death.

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מַסָּדָה נָשָׂאת גַּאוֹן, מְגַדֵּל עַל הַמִּדְבָּר,
סֵפֶר צָרוֹתֵיהֶן מְרוֹרֵר, רֶשֶׁף מִכַּתֵּף הַזִּכְרוֹן,
דַּמְעוֹת הַנַּעַר וְהַזְּקֵן, נֹפְלוֹת כַּמַּיִם מֵעֵינוֹן,
הַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִי חוֹזֵק, אֵינוֹ פֹּחֵד מִפְּנֵי הָאוֹיֵב.

נִקְשֵׁי הַגּוֹרָל קָשֶׁים, כֵּן, אֲבָל הָאֱמוּנָה גְּדוֹלָה,
הַמָּוֶת לֹא תָּמִיד מְפַחֵד, פַּחַד מִן הַשִּׁפְלוּת יוֹתֵר.

מֵאָז וּמֵעוֹלָם הִז

Since then and forever, the memory…

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2 thoughts on “Masada moans, there are fates worse than death.

  1. […] no replacement for champagne, Swim the ocean of powdered pain, Figurative freshness, more moaning, Fewer children, cleansed […]

  2. […] all just kids inside, each of us trying in our own curious ways to recapture a fraction of the innocence, purity, and joy of our childhoods (or to rewrite those childhoods as much more joyful than they […]

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