THE LITTLE BIRD- Mordechai Ben David- Around The Year 1 (Ani Maamin Medley)
(Orig. recorded by Tzlil V’Zemer Boys Choir- Wake Up Yidden)
Composed by Leonid Shokhin, Lyrics by Malka Steinberg Saks in 1954 (Based on Israeli Song- B’arvot Hanegev)

The little bird is calling,
It wishes to return.
The little bird is wounded,
It cannot fly but yearn.
It’s captured by the vultures,
Crying bitterly,
Oh, to see my nest again,
Oh, to be redeemed.

The little bird of silver,
So delicate and rare,
Still chirps among the vultures,
Outshining all that’s there.
How long, how long it suffers,
How long will it be,
When will come the eagle,
And set the little bird free.

The little bird is Yisroel,
The vultures are our foes,
The painful wounds are Golus,
Which we all feel and know,
The nest is the Beis Hamikdash
Where we hope soon to go,
The eagle is Moshiach,
Who we are waiting for.