Day 272 - This I Believe אַנִי מְאֲמִין

This I believe אַנִי מְאֲמִין

I stand for secrets unseen

Moments that fade to deepest gold

Tales, tugging at pens, to be told

From the heart of a holy place

Without regards of religion or race

Bonds that break such boundaries

Completing the unity in communities

Across the world and all around

The sweet, true, filling sound

Of songs that fly in peace

So that horror shall decrease

As צְדָקָה justice strongly thrives

Echoing הַתִקְוָה the hope of our lives

אָנֹכִי מְאֲמִינָה this I believe

Into our hearts joy we shall weave

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Author's Note:

The Hebrew found in this poem is placed beside its English equivalent, each time. However for our non-Hebrew speakers/readers I have a placed below direct translations and transliteration. (in transliteration i = ee)

Also note Hebrew is read from left to write, to accommodate this the poem is posted using a center margin. Both the male and female equivalents were used in Hebrew to state unity in the poem.

אַנִי - I (modern Hebrew) ani

אָנֹכִי - I (anceint Hebrew) anochi

מְאֲמִינָה - believe (female) m'a-minah

מְאֲמִין - believe (male) m'a-min

הַתִקְוָה - the hope (הַ proceeding a word means "the") ha-tikvah

צְדָקָה - charity, (from the core of the word justice) tz'dakah

Finally dedicated to Genesis and BIMA at Brandeis 2010 and especially Shimshon, for his Hebrew help.

~The Poet