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which I, the dreamer, can weave, because I believe in humanity; for in you I still believe. 2 Yet my soul still yearns for freedom
to no golden calf betrayed. I still believe in humanity, so strong is our spirit made.
3 Laugh that I still believe in friends and I yet will find a heart to share my hope as his own hope, in my joy and pain take part.
4 And I believe in the future, however distant the day,
when nation shall bless each nation and in peace shall make their way.
5 My people, too, shall flower again; generations shall arise, their fetters of iron cast away, a new light before their eyes.
Saul Tchernikowsky iwqaegipxyh le`y
particularly of classical Greek literature, he was a major figure in the development of modern Hebrew poetry, but controversial in his almost pagan worship of beauty. He celebrated nature and the joys of human experience. Here he expresses his hope in humanity and the future renewal of the Jewish people.
i ¦w£g ©U i ¦w£g ©U You may laugh ... This poem by Saul Tchernikowsky (1875–1943) was introduced into the liturgy in the last edition of Forms of Prayer because of its theme of ‘the future’. Born in Russia, he moved to Palestine in 1931. A physician, essayist and translator,
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