Cantemos al Amor de los amores (A Cristo Jesús)

Con la boca abierta

Hallelujah

Medley 2010-2020

C'est un poème mis en musique. Dans ce poème que j'ai écrit il y a quelques années dans une période de crise, je demande à Jérusalem, au nom de l'amour immense que j'ai toujours ressenti à son égard, de prier pour moi. Récemment, voulant rajouter à la version hébreue de mon texte, le mot énigmatique « Sélah » (qui apparait de temps à autres dans "le Livre des psaumes"), j'en suis venu à écrire encore quelques vers supplémentaires. Ceux-ci sont une demande à Jérusalem, de prier non plus pour moi mais pour tout le peuple d'Israël. Or au moment même de la rédaction de ces derniers vers, le retour des kidnappés du 7 Octobre fut soudain décidé et se vit  enfin réalisé. Toute cette œuvre prend du coup pour moi, une dimension toute particulière.

תודות מיוחדות למשורר יורם ניסינוביץ' לעזרתו להכנת הטקסט שלי לעברית מתוקנת ואמנותית. 
המון תודות לך יורם.


זהו שיר שהולחן. בשיר הזה, שכתבתי לפני כמה שנים בתקופה של משבר, אני
מבקש מירושלים – בשם האהבה העצומה שתמיד חשתי כלפיה – להתפלל בעדי.
לאחרונה, כשביקשתי להוסיף לגרסה העברית של הטקסט שלי את המילה החידתית
"סֶלָה" (המופיעה מדי פעם בספר תהילים), מצאתי את עצמי כותב עוד כמה
שורות. שורות אלו הן בקשה לירושלים, שתִתְפַּלֵּל לא עוד בעדי בלבד, אלא
בעד כל עם ישראל. ובעצם ברגע כתיבתן, הוחלט לפתע על שובם של החטופים מיום
השבעה באוקטובר — והדבר גם יצא אל הפועל. בשל כך קיבלה כל היצירה הזו
עבורי משמעות מיוחדת במינה.

This is a poem set to music. In this poem, which I wrote a few years
ago during a time of crisis, I ask Jerusalem—out of the immense love I
have always felt for her—to pray for me. Recently, wishing to add to
the Hebrew version of my text the enigmatic word “Selah” (which
appears from time to time in the Book of Psalms), I found myself
writing a few additional lines. These new verses are a request to
Jerusalem, not to pray for me alone, but for the entire people of
Israel. And at the very moment I wrote these final lines, the return
of the hostages from October 7th was suddenly decided—and soon
afterward fulfilled. As a result, this whole work has taken on, a very
special meaning for me.

לְקוֹלֵךְ יְרוּשָׁלַיִם
מָה אֲהַבְתִּיךְ, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם! הִתְפַּלְּלִי עָלַי, עַל אִשְׁתִּי, עַל נֹעָה וְעַל
כָּל צֶאֱצָאַי. 
שֶׁיִּסְלַח לִי אֱלֹהִים עַל טֵרוּפִי; שֶׁהַחַיִּים וְהַבְּרִיאוּת יֻחְזְרוּ לִי. 
עַכְשָׁו אֲנִי יוֹדֵעַ כַּמָּה נִסִּים עָשָׂה לִי אֱלֹהִים. 
תּוֹדָה עַל כָּל הַשָּׁנִים שֶׁל שִׂמְחָה וּבְרִיאוּת, שָׁנִים שֶׁל יְצִירָה. 
זֶה הַנִּגּוּן שֶׁל יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, שֶׁזָּכִיתִי לִשְׁמֹעַ. 
כָּל כָּךְ אָהַבְתִּי לְטַיֵּל בִּרְחוֹבוֹתַיִךְ, הוֹ יְרוּשָׁלַיִם! 
אֶת כֻּלָּן רָצִיתִי לְהַכִּיר. מֵעוֹלָם לֹא הִשְׁתַּעֲמַמְתִּי, נֶהֱנֵיתִי מִכָּל
רֶגַע.
כַּמָּה אֲנִי מִתְגַּעֲגֵעַ לְשִׂמְחַת הַחַיִּים וְלַבְּרִיאוּת הַשְּׁלֵמָה. 
אָנָּא, הִתְפַּלְּלִי עָלַי, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם! 
כִּי אֹהֵב יְהוָה אֶת קוֹלֵךְ; הוּא יֵעָתֵר לָךְ. סֶלָה.
(קטע אינסטרומנטלי מאולתר)
וְעַכְשָׁו אֲנִי מֵבִין, עַכְשָׁו אֲנִי יוֹדֵעַ, כַּמָּה נִסִּים אֱלֹהִים עָשָׂה. 
הֲלֹא כָּל שִׁירַיִךְ, צִיּוֹן, כְּבָר נִשְׁמָעִים בִּשְׁעָרַיִךְ. 
אָנָּא, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, הִתְפַּלְּלִי שֶׁבְּרִיאוּת וְשִׂמְחָה לְתָמִיד יְשׁוּבוּן. 
כִּי אֹהֵב יְהוָה אֶת קוֹלֵךְ, וּבְחֶסֶד יַעֲנֶה לוֹ.
יוֹאֵל טַיֵּיב

Je t'ai tellement aimée Jérusalem - מָה אֲהַבְתִּיךְ, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם

The Forest Song is a song that, to me, sounds like standing in the middle of a sunny forest clearing with the wind rustling in the leaves while being in awe of the immense power and love of nature and realizing that we ourselves are indeed nature. And that this is where we might be finding the answers we are all looking for.
For that reason I wanted to keep the song as natural as possible and used my vocals instead of instruments.

Must be the season of the witch ;) 
—
Credits: The Forest Song was written, performed & produced by:
Valeska Rautenberg
Mixed by: Marian Kuch
Mastered by: Zino Mikorey
Cover picture taken by: Ramin Tehrani
Cover by: Valeska Rautenberg

Lyrics:

Like the fallen leaves on my skin
I feel freedom
I feel save
Don’t you worry
It’s gonna be good
We got the leaves
We are the roots

We got the wind
Whispering all the answers
We got the wind

Like the falling leaves
We can fly
One last flight
Before the river runs dry
Don’t you worry
It’s gonna be good
We are the leaves
We are the roots

Wild, wild is the wind
Listen to the wind
Whispering all the answers
We got the wind
Wild is the wind
Whispering all the answers
We got the wind

The Forest Song (A Cappella Version)

The Forest Song (A cappella Version)

I’m standing quiet beside this fading body,
The night is heavy on our broken floor,
We lift our voices though our hands are shaking,
For only prayer still answers at this door.

Oh Father hear us through the cold and shadow,
Oh guide this soul where pain can’t reach again,
We have no strength but what the hymn can carry,
So hold us close beneath your grieving wind.

The children whisper names they cannot rescue,
The lantern flickers as the breathing slows,
We keep on singing though the room grows narrow,
For faith is all the dying truly knows.

Oh Father hear us through the cold and shadow,
Oh guide this soul where pain can’t reach again,
We have no strength but what the hymn can carry,
So hold us close beneath your grieving wind.

We sing them home the only way we can.

Oh Father

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Sangacchadhvam

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