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תִּפְאֶרֶת בָּנִים

Tiferet Banim

by Laivy Hart

Love begins in one direction, from parent to child. It reaches its fullness when the child matures and the relationship comes full circle. The children become the parents' crown, and the parents become the children's glory.

כְּשֶׁהָיִינוּ עוֹד קְטַנִּים וְכָל צַעַד הָיָה חָדָשׁ
אַתֶּם מְחָאתֶם כַּפַּיִם כְּאִלּוּ כָּבַשְׁנוּ אֶת הָעוֹלָם מַמָּשׁ
כָּל מִלָּה שֶׁאָמַרְנוּ כָּל צִיּוּר עַל הַשֻּׁלְחָן
הָפַךְ אֶצְלְכֶם לְאוֹצָר לְזִכָּרוֹן שֶׁלֹּא נֶעֱלַם

אַתֶּם רְאִיתֶם בָּנוּ מַה שֶׁעוֹד לֹא יָדַעְנוּ לִרְאוֹת
אַתֶּם הֶאֱמַנְתֶּם בָּנוּ עוֹד לִפְנֵי שֶׁיָּדַעְנוּ מַה לִּהְיוֹת

עֲטֶרֶת זְקֵנִים בְּנֵי בָנִים וְתִפְאֶרֶת בָּנִים אֲבוֹתָם
אֲנַחְנוּ הָיִינוּ הַכֶּתֶר שֶׁלָּכֶם וְאַתֶּם הַתִּפְאֶרֶת שֶׁלָּנוּ לְעוֹלָם

כְּשֶׁגָּדַלְנוּ הָיִינוּ עֲסוּקִים וְהַיָּמִים רָצוּ מַהֵר
לֹא תָּמִיד עָצַרְנוּ לִשְׁאֹל מֵאַיִן הַכֹּל הִתְחִיל
מִי נָשָׂא אֶת הַשֵּׁמוֹת מִי שָׁמַר אֶת הַסִּפּוּר
מִי הֶעֱבִיר לָנוּ בְּשֶׁקֶט אֶת הַנִּגּוּן מִדּוֹר לְדוֹר

הַיּוֹם אֲנַחְנוּ מַבִּיטִים וּמַתְחִילִים סוֹף סוֹף לִרְאוֹת
כַּמָּה כֹּחַ הָיָה בַּדֶּרֶךְ כַּמָּה אוֹר בֵּין הַדְּמָעוֹת

עֲטֶרֶת זְקֵנִים בְּנֵי בָנִים וְתִפְאֶרֶת בָּנִים אֲבוֹתָם
אֲנַחְנוּ הָיִינוּ הַכֶּתֶר שֶׁלָּכֶם וְאַתֶּם הַתִּפְאֶרֶת שֶׁלָּנוּ לְעוֹלָם

זְכֹר יְמוֹת עוֹלָם בִּינוּ שְׁנוֹת דֹּר וָדֹר
שְׁאַל אָבִיךָ וְיַגֵּדְךָ זְקֵנֶיךָ וְיֹאמְרוּ לָך

יֵשׁ סִפּוּר בְּכָל קֶמֶט יֵשׁ תְּפִלָּה בְּכָל מַבָּט
יֵשׁ עוֹלָם שָׁלֵם שֶׁהִגִּיעַ עַד אֵלֵינוּ לְאַט לְאַט
וְאִם פַּעַם אַתֶּם עָמַדְתֶּם וּמְחָאתֶם לָנוּ כַּפַּיִם
הַיּוֹם אֲנַחְנוּ עוֹמְדִים וּמוֹחֲאִים לָכֶם פִּי שְׁנַיִם

עֲטֶרֶת זְקֵנִים בְּנֵי בָנִים וְתִפְאֶרֶת בָּנִים אֲבוֹתָם
אֲנַחְנוּ הָיִינוּ הַכֶּתֶר שֶׁלָּכֶם וְאַתֶּם הַתִּפְאֶרֶת שֶׁלָּנוּ לְעוֹלָם

אַתֶּם הַשֹּׁרֶשׁ וַאֲנַחְנוּ הָעֲנָפִים
אַתֶּם הַסִּפּוּר שֶׁאֲנַחְנוּ מַמְשִׁיכִים
וְכָל מַה שֶּׁיָּפֶה בָּנוּ הִתְחִיל אֵצְלְכֶם בַּפְּנִים

עֲטֶרֶת זְקֵנִים בְּנֵי בָנִים וְתִפְאֶרֶת בָּנִים אֲבוֹתָם
When we were still small and every step was new,
you clapped your hands like we'd conquered the whole world.
Every word we said, every drawing on the table,
became a treasure to you, a memory that never faded.

You saw in us what we didn't yet know how to see in ourselves.
You believed in us before we even knew what we'd become.

Grandchildren are the crown of the old, and parents are the glory of children.
We were your crown — and you are our glory, forever.

When we grew up we got busy, and the days moved fast.
We didn't always stop to ask where it all began,
who carried the names, who kept the story,
who quietly passed the melody down from generation to generation.

Today we're looking back and finally starting to see
how much strength was on that road, how much light between the tears.

Grandchildren are the crown of the old, and parents are the glory of children.
We were your crown — and you are our glory, forever.

Remember the days of old, understand the years of generation after generation.
Ask your father and he will tell you, your elders, and they will say to you.

There's a story in every wrinkle, a prayer in every glance.
There's a whole world that slowly made its way down to us.
And if you once stood and clapped for us,
today we stand and clap for you twice as loud.

Grandchildren are the crown of the old, and parents are the glory of children.
We were your crown — and you are our glory, forever.

You are the root and we are the branches.
You are the story we get to continue.
And everything beautiful in us started inside you.

Grandchildren are the crown of the old, and parents are the glory of children.
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