LYRIC

SO LONG AGO- Shema Koleinu- Composed by Motti Kornfeld- Shema Koleinu 1

So long ago
That’s what I’m told
Please G-d
How can this be true?
That man and child
6 million died
Oh, why?
Because you’re a Jew.

That year after year
With hatred and fear
Gas chambers- a complete annihilation
A final solution
They cried out as one
Put an end to this
Accursed Jewish nation.

CHORUS:
But great nations of earth
You’re also to blame
All they asked was
A chance to survive.
You’re an accomplice in silence
Not a savior of man
With Ani Maamin on their lips
They did die.
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Through Egypt and Spain
Generations of pain
Must we live with
Such torture and hate?
We sinned and must pay
But does this mean to say
We are destined such an evil fate.

With each passing day
We hope and we pray
That this madness will finally cease
How must long must we wait
For the final Geulah
For Moshiach the Shaliach of peace.

CHORUS:
But great nations of earth
You’re also to blame
All they asked was
A chance to survive.
You’re an accomplice in silence
Not a savior of man
With Ani Maamin on their lips
They did die.

Thus their memory will come
It was their breath in faith
Can you tell me
These I’d like to know
Are we to be silent
To forgive and forget
Was it really so long ago?