When Will You Call?
The lying tongue that feeds the eyes
to see what the mouth predicts.
The Hill of the House is patrolled by foxes,
gold fillings and watches gassed in boxes
but the trains now run on time.
To the East.
The flowers that grow in blood
of seven years of souls.
The garden that Rome planted.
Don Isaac leads the band.
The march of thousands who couldn't dance
to the tunes of Izavel and Ferdinand.
When will we see Your name is called on us?
When will You call on us?
When will You call?
9th of Av The Spies speak evil about the Land of Israel 9th of Av Destruction of the First Temple 9th of Av Destruction of the Second Temple 9th of Av The massacre of the Jews at Betar 9th of Av Jerusalem is plowed over 9th of Av The expulsion of Spanish Jewry 9th of Av The onset of the First World War 9th of Av The first train transport of Jews to Auschwitz |
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This poem originally appeared in SEASONS OF THE MOON for Av 5756.
Written by Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair.
General Editor: Rabbi Moshe Newman.
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