LYRIC
LESHANA HABA- Simcha Jacoby ft. Abie Rotenberg- Composed & Written by Abie Rotenberg- Haotzar Shebalev
VERSE 1:
Bound in chains, we stumbled
Our footprints in the ash
On the road towards a fate unknown,
Behind us lay our city
Smoke rising from its ruins,
A once proud people
Now without a home.
Having been foretold
Grief and shame converged
But our sorrow never turned into despair,
We knew we were a nation
Still beloved to Hashem,
And that’s when the world first heard
This sacred prayer.
CHORUS 1:
לְְשָָׁנָָה לְְשָָׁנָָה הַַבָָּאָָה, בִִּירוּשָָׁלַיִִם
,לְְשָָׁנָָה הַַבָָּאָָה בִִּירוּשָָׁלַיִִם הַַבְּוּיָָה
לְְשָָׁנָָה לְְשָָׁנָָה הַַבָָּאָָה, בִִּירוּשָָׁלַיִִם
בִִּירוּשָָׁלַיִִם הַַבְּוּיָָה
VERSE 2:
A homecoming soon followed
A blessed second chance
Jerusalem- its sanctity reclaimed,
But yet again we faltered
Divisiveness within
Castaways in need of the refrain.
CHORUS 2:
לְְשָָׁנָָה לְְשָָׁנָָה הַַבָָּאָָה, בִִּירוּשָָׁלַיִִם
,לְְשָָׁנָָה הַַבָָּאָָה בִִּירוּשָָׁלַיִִם הַַבְּוּיָָה
לְְשָָׁנָָה לְְשָָׁנָָה הַַבָָּאָָה, בִִּירוּשָָׁלַיִִם
בִִּירוּשָָׁלַיִִם הַַבְּוּיָָה
VERSE 3:
Even to this day
We cite those heartfelt words
Our story’s an ongoing, tragic tale,
We still turn to them for solace
For comfort and for hope,
Though they’ve been invoked so long
To no avail.
But when its streets will fill with children
Their laughter pure and free
And the Shechina, in the place where it belongs,
With no sadness and no strife
In a world of faith and joy
It will be so because we sang this song,
Because never did we stop
Singing this song.
CHORUS 3:
לְְשָָׁנָָה לְְשָָׁנָָה הַַבָָּאָָה, בִִּירוּשָָׁלַיִִם
,לְְשָָׁנָָה הַַבָָּאָָה בִִּירוּשָָׁלַיִִם הַַבְּוּיָָה
לְְשָָׁנָָה לְְשָָׁנָָה הַַבָָּאָָה, בִִּירוּשָָׁלַיִִם
בִִּירוּשָָׁלַיִִם הַַבְּוּיָָה
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