Name: Ikh Bin A Bafrayter Nigun by Noam Lerman
Duration: 1 min 35 s
Description: liberated/freed person nigun (especially after deep learning, breakthroughs and shattering blockages)

Release Me Nigun

liberated/freed person nigun (especially after deep learning, breakthroughs and shattering blockages)

Ikh Bin A Bafrayter Nigun

Ahavti by Yoni Battat and Noam Lerman

Can’t Sleep Nigun

A Heartbroken Tkhine for When You Don’t Know What to Pray For 
A tsebrokhen harts tkhine far ven men veyst nit oyf vos tsu betn 
אַ צעבראָכן האַרץ תּחנה פֿאַר װען מען װײסט ניט אויף װאָס צו בעטן 
by Ariel Shapiro

Master of the universe,
I’m here to pour out my heart to you,
My heart holds immense grief,
Only I don’t know what to pray for
Only I don’t know what to pray for

Riboyno shel oylem, 
ikh kum yetst oysgisn far dir mayn harts
vos zi trogt in zikh groyse vundn
Nor ikh veys nit oyf vos tsu betn
Nor ikh veys nit oyf vos tsu betn

רבונו של עלם 
איך קום איצט אויסגיסן פֿאַר דיר מײַן האַרץ
װאָס זי טראָגט אין זיך גרויסע װוּנדן
נאָר איך װײס ניט אויף װאָס צו בעטן
נאָר איך װײס ניט אויף װאָס צו בעטן

Excerpt from Tkhine shaarey demaos (Tkhine Gates of Tears), Shas Tehinah Hadashah, published in 1928 in Vilna. 
Melody and translation by Ariel Shapiro

A tsebrokhen harts tkhine * אַ צעבראָכן האַרץ תּחנה * A Heartbroken Tkhine by Ariel Shapiro

Zolst shtarkn mayn harts 
say tsu klogn say tsu kemfn 

Zolst shtarkn mayne hent 
di vent tsu brekhn, 
di brikn tsu boyen

Un mayne fis tsu shtarkn, 
af di gasn tsu geyn, 
a frayer velt tsu shafn 

May you strengthen my heart
to move through grief and also take action

May you strengthen my hands 
to tear down walls 
and rebuild bridges 

And may you strengthen my feet 
to take to the streets, 
to create a freer world

זאָלסט שטאַרקן מײַן האַרץ 
סײַ צו קלאָגן סײַ צו קעמפֿן 

זאָלסט שטאַרקן מײַנע הענט
די װענט צו ברעכן 
די בריקן צו בויען

און מײַנע פֿיס צו שטאַרקן 
אויף די גאַסן צו גײן
אַ פֿרײַער װעלט צו שאַפֿן

Inspired by “Tkhine of the Matriarchs for the New Moon of Elul” | תחנה אמהות מן ראש חודש אלול by Seril Rappaport, published in Vilna, 1874, available on The Open Siddur Project with transcription by Aharon N. Varady and translation by Tracy Guren Klirs. https://opensiddur.org/?p=14039
Melody and text by Ariel Shapiro.

Zolst Shtarkn * זאָלסט שטאַרקן * Strengthen Me by Ariel Shapiro

זאָל די הייליגע בּלוט בּרויזען און רוישען (x3)
 אזוי ווי די כוואַליעס פֿון יַם (x4)

און זאָל די בּלוט ניט שטיל ווערן בּיז דער שופֵֿט צֶדֶק וועט די רְשָעים מִשְפָּט׳ן
 לויט ווי זיי האָבן פֿאַרדינט (x4)


זאָל די הייליגע בּלוט בּרויזען און רוישען 
 אזוי ווי די כוואַליעס פֿון יַם (x4)

איך וועל די זינדיקע מוחל
 זיין אַנדערע זאַכן,
אָבער נישט אויף די זינד פֿון פֿאַרגיסען בּלוט (x4)
 
אזוי ווי די כוואַליעס פֿון יַם (x4)
Zol di heylige blut broyzn un royshn (x3)
Azoy vi di khvalyes fun yam (x4)

Un zol di blut nit shtil ver’n biz der shoyfet tsedek vet di reshoim mishpot’n
Loyt vi zey hobn fardint (x4)


Zol di heylige blut broyzn un royshn (x3)
Azoy vi di khvalyes fun yam (x4)

Ikh vel di zindike moykhl
 zayn andere zakhn,
Ober nisht of di zind fun fargisn blut (x4)

Azoy vi di khvalyes fun yam (x4)
The holy blood bubbles and murmurs 
like waves from the sea

And their blood will not be quiet until 
the Facilitator of Justice judges the oppressors according to their actions

The holy blood bubbles and murmurs 
like waves from the sea

I will forgive other immoral actions, however I will never forgive the sin of spilled blood

Like waves from the sea



Shas Tkhine Rav Peninim. Hebrew Publishing Company, published in 1916. Excerpt from “A new soul-remembrance tkhine for the martyrs of a pogrom” p. 250. For the unfolding genocides taking place in Palestine, Congo, Armenia, Sudan, and the bodies, souls, cultures and communities struggling to survive. For all our many ancestors whose blood was and is being  spilled. Melody and translation by Noam Lerman.

Fargisn Blut * פֿאַרגיסן בּלוט * Spilled Blood, by Noam Lerman

Rise up
Rise up
Rise up
Awaken— Miriam Hanoviyo! 


Get up from your sleep!
And appear before the Creator of creation— blessed be Their name.

And ask…


hisoyreri no
hisoyreri no
hisoyreri no
dervek zikh miryam hanoviyo
(X2)

shtey uf fun dayn shlof (X2)
un shtel dikh far dem meylekh malkhey hamlokhim hakudsha brikh hu

un bet…
(X4)
 התעוררי נא
התעוררי נא
התעוררי נא
דערוועק זיך מרים הנביאה
(X2)

שטיי אויף פֿון דײַן שלאָף (X2)
און שטעל דיך פֿאַר דעם מלך מלכי המלכים– הקדוש ברוך הוא

און בעט…
(X4)


Teḥinah Roḥel. “Tkhine mikra koydesh– rosh khoydesh Iyar” Loyn-Apshṭin, Yerushalim. Pp. 67. 
Melody and translation by Noam Lerman, based on the liturgical nusach davvened (prayed) by Noam’s grandfather Yitzkhak Mayer / Jack Marcus z’l from Radziejow, Poland.

Miryam HaNoviyo * מרים הנביה * Miriam the Prophet, by Noam Lerman


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Ozi v'zimrat yah vayihi li lishua 
My strength and the divine song will be my deliverance (Psalm 118:14, Exodus 15:2) 

A prayer for courage, strength, and surrender as we navigate these trying times.
lyrics
Ozi v'zimrat yah vayihi li lishua 

Claim your place in the fabric of creation 
Know your face as the face of the divine 
This is our time, we've come to unwind 
the tangled patterns of history. 
Lifetimes fall and rise 
surrendering to the Mystery. 

Don't stop now, don't turn back 
It's just beginning to flow 
Let go and see what your body knows 
You were made for this, made for this 
Open wide and shed your skin 
Through fire we begin again
credits
released September 14, 2017 
Composed by Cedar Ranney 
Arranged by Cedar Ranney & Madhu Anziani 
Vocals: Cedar Ranney & Madhu Anziani 
Percussion: Madhu Anziani 
Produced by Madhu Anziani 
Hebrew Lyrics: Psalm 118:14, Exodus 15:2 

With deep gratitude to my bright and well ancestors, Kohenet community and beyond, and my teachers Taya Shere and Ibrahim Baba. Thanks to Rabbi Shefa Gold for inspiration and Madhu Anziani for collaboration, allyship and recording.

Ikh Bin A Bafrayter Nigun

Noam Lerman

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