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וְשָׂא נֵס

Shattered Exile

by Laivy Hart

Every generation believed it had finally found a place to belong. We learned the language, built businesses, raised families, and called it home. Our neighbors smiled. The future looked secure. Then, almost without warning, the welcome faded. Doors closed. Friends turned silent. The same story unfolded again and again, across continents and centuries. The lesson never changed: exile can offer comfort, but it can never offer permanence.

לֹא בָּאנוּ לָשֶׁבֶת
בְּאַרְצוֹת זָרוֹת

רַק נִשְׁלַחְנוּ בַּדֶּרֶךְ
לְדוֹרוֹת וּלְדוֹרוֹת

בָּאנוּ עִם תְּפִלָּה
וְעִם הַפָּנִים לַמִּזְרָח

וְאָמַרְנוּ לַיְלָדִים
זֶה רַק בֵּית אוֹרֵחַ

[Verse 2 - ]

לָמַדְנוּ אֶת הַשָּׂפָה
וְהָרְחוֹב כְּבָר חִיֵּךְ

פָּתַחְנוּ אֶת הַחַלּוֹנוֹת
וְהַפַּחַד כְּבָר הָלַךְ

בָּנִינוּ לָנוּ בָּתִּים
וְשָׁתַלְנוּ אִילָנוֹת

וּבְלִי לְהַרְגִּישׁ
הִתְחַלְנוּ לִשְׁכֹּחַ

[Pre-Chorus]

אָמַרְנוּ
הַפַּעַם זֶה שׁוֹנֶה

אָמַרְנוּ
הַפַּעַם זֶה יִשָּׁאֵר

אָמַרְנוּ
כָּאן כְּבָר מְקַבְּלִים אוֹתָנוּ

אָמַרְנוּ
כָּאן כְּבָר אֶפְשָׁר לְהִשָּׁאֵר

[Chorus]

תְּקַע

תְּקַע

תְּקַע בְּשׁוֹפָר גָּדוֹל
לְחֵרוּתֵנוּ

וְשָׂא נֵס

וְשָׂא נֵס

וְשָׂא נֵס
לְקַבֵּץ גָּלֻיּוֹתֵינוּ

לְקַבֵּץ
גָּלֻיּוֹתֵינוּ

Verse 3]

וְדַוְקָא כְּשֶׁנִּרְדַּמְנוּ
וְדַוְקָא כְּשֶׁנָּחְנוּ

כְּשֶׁכְּבָר כִּמְעַט הֶאֱמַנּוּ
שֶׁכָּאן סוֹף סוֹף הִגַּעְנוּ

פִּתְאֹם הָרְחוֹב הִשְׁתַּנָּה
פִּתְאֹם הַדֶּלֶת נִסְגְּרָה

פִּתְאֹם הַבַּיִת שֶׁבָּנִינוּ
הִזְכִּיר לָנוּ שֶׁהוּא לֹא שֶׁלָּנוּ

[Verse 4]

שׁוּב הַמִּזְוָדוֹת
שׁוּב הַדְּרָכִים

שׁוּב הַשְּׁמוֹת הַיְּשָׁנִים
חוֹזְרִים בְּקוֹלוֹת חֲדָשִׁים

שׁוּב אוֹתָהּ טָעוּת
שׁוּב אוֹתוֹ חֲלוֹם

שׁוּב שָׁכַחְנוּ לְרֶגַע
שֶׁיֵּשׁ לָנוּ רַק בַּיִת אֶחָד

[Pre-Chorus]

אָמַרְנוּ
הַפַּעַם זֶה שׁוֹנֶה

אָמַרְנוּ
הַפַּעַם זֶה יִשָּׁאֵר

אֲבָל הַלֵּב
מֵעוֹלָם לֹא שָׁכַח

שֶׁיֵּשׁ רַק בַּיִת אֶחָד
וְהוּא תָּמִיד בַּמִּזְרָח

[Chorus - wider drums, soaring emotional release]

תְּקַע

תְּקַע

תְּקַע בְּשׁוֹפָר גָּדוֹל
לְחֵרוּתֵנוּ

וְשָׂא נֵס

וְשָׂא נֵס

וְשָׂא נֵס
לְקַבֵּץ גָּלֻיּוֹתֵינוּ

לְקַבֵּץ
גָּלֻיּוֹתֵינוּ

[Bridge]

וְקַבְּצֵנוּ יַחַד
מֵאַרְבַּע כַּנְפוֹת הָאָרֶץ

מֵעֵבֶר לַיָּם
מֵעֵבֶר לַזְּמַן

לֹא עוֹד בָּתִּים זְמַנִּיִּים
לֹא עוֹד דְּרָכִים זָרוֹת

כְּשֶׁהַנֵּס עוֹלֶה
כֻּלָּנוּ יוֹדְעִים לְאָן לִפְנוֹת


תְּקַע

תְּקַע

תְּקַע

וְשָׂא נֵס

וְשָׂא נֵס

וְשָׂא נֵס


יֵשׁ לָנוּ
רַק בַּיִת אֶחָד

וּכְשֶׁהַנֵּס עוֹלֶה
כֻּלָּנוּ חוֹזְרִים
We never came
To settle in foreign lands

We were only sent along the way
For generations upon generations

We came with prayer
Our faces turned toward the East

And we told our children
"This is only a temporary home."

[Verse 2]

We learned the language
And soon the streets smiled back

We opened our windows
And the fear began to fade

We built our homes
And planted trees

Without even noticing
We slowly started to forget

[Pre-Chorus]

We said,
"This time it's different."

We said,
"This time it will last."

We said,
"They finally accept us here."

We said,
"Now we can finally stay."

[Chorus]

Sound...

Sound...

Sound the great shofar
For our freedom.

Raise a banner...

Raise a banner...

Raise a banner
To gather our exiles,

To gather
Our scattered people.

[Verse 3]

And דווקא when we fell asleep

And דווקא when we found our rest

Just when we almost believed

That we had finally arrived

Suddenly the streets had changed

Suddenly the doors were closed

Suddenly the home we built

Reminded us it was never truly ours

[Verse 4]

Once again the suitcases

Once again the roads

Once again the old names

Return with new voices

Once again the same mistake

Once again the same dream

Once again we forgot, if only for a moment,

That we have only one home

[Pre-Chorus]

We said,

"This time it's different."

We said,

"This time it will last."

But the heart

Never truly forgot

That there is only one home,

And it has always been in the East.

[Chorus]

Sound...

Sound...

Sound the great shofar
For our freedom.

Raise a banner...

Raise a banner...

Raise a banner
To gather our exiles,

To gather
Our scattered people.

[Bridge]

Gather us together

From the four corners of the earth

From beyond the seas

From beyond time itself

No more temporary homes

No more foreign roads

When the banner is raised,

We all know where to turn.

Sound...

Sound...

Sound...

Raise a banner...

Raise a banner...

Raise a banner...

We have

Only one home.

And when the banner is raised,

We all return.
Laivy Hart
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