Journeys/Journeys 4/Mama Rochel

Track: 4

Running Length: 7:38

Additional Information
Sung by Yaakov Shwekey.

Composed by Abie Rotenberg

Lyrics
With the rising sun on her wedding day

She raised her eyes to the heavens

And she thanked Hashem for the man of truth

With whom she would build a nation

But with nightfall came destiny betrayed

The veil concealing another

Yet her sister’s shame, not her shattered dreams

Took hold of her heart and her senses

Mama Rochel cry for us again

Won’t you shed a tear for your dear children?

If you raise your sweet voice now as then the day will come

Mama Rochel cry for us again

Won’t you shed a tear for your dear children?

Bi’zchutaich v'shavu vonim lig’vulom

In a roadside grave she was laid to rest

In solitude, forever

But her voice gave hope to the broken hearts

Of her daughters and sons bound for exile

When her plaintive cry gained divine consent

A challenge to her Maker

Can the mercy of mere flesh and blood

Run deeper then Yours, our Creator?

Mama Rochel cry for us again

Won’t you shed a tear for your dear children?

If you raise your sweet voice now as then the day will come

Mama Rochel cry for us again

Won’t you shed a tear for your dear children?

Bi’zchutech v'shavu vanim lig’vulam

Now your voice is still as you heed the call

Of min'i kolaich mi’bechi

It’s our Father’s will, He who made us all

Dare we ask of you to defy Him?

Yet a frightened child, numb from pain and grief

Remains forlorn and uncertain

Clinging to the faith that it can be heard

As it cries out to its mother

Mama Mama vain nochamol

Treren zoltz du gissen un a tzohl

Beten fun Bashefer In Himmel, b’kol rom

Mama Mama vain nochamol

Treren zoltz du gissen un a tzohl

Bi’zchuseich v’shavu vonim li’gvulom

Rochel Imeinu s’ee kolaich

Shuv shifchi kamayim dimataich

B’chim nah al banim asher galu v’al sivlam

Rochel Imeinu s’ee kolaich

Shuv shifchi dimah lifnei Konaich

Bi’zchuseich v’shavu vonim li’gvulom

Mama Rochel cry for us again

Won’t you shed a tear for your dear children?

If you raise your sweet voice now as then the day will come

Mama Mama cry, cry for us again

Won’t you shed a tear for your dear children?

Bi’zchutaich v'shavu vonim lig’vulom

Bi’zchutaich v'shavu vonim lig’vulom