In Der Nacht (In the Night)
For Rose Rosman, Pesach, 1988
You have come a distance to speak
Your heart of a life – no man or woman would
Ever, should ever, relive. It’s like day
And night. But, you see only Darkness –
Where no light can ever guide you –
Rosa, Rosa, in der Nacht,
The darkness is brighter than the flame.
A Nazi soldier was gathering your deaf friends,
Assuring them, with his kindly, guiding hands,
To the trains of a certain destiny.
Rosa, Rosa, in der Nacht,
The darkness is brighter than the flame.
You were such an impeccable child –
Watching them come to take your family,
Acquiescent as silent drums.
Rosa, Rosa, in der Nacht,
The darkness is brighter than the flame.
The Moon outshone by a distant fire
Glowing by night with kindlings of hearts –
Who knows where they went to witness the blackening Sun.
Rosa, Rosa, in der Nacht,
The darkness is brighter than the flame.
Ner Tamid. Ner Tamid,
The eternal flame, has never dimmed.
The joys and smiles are never forgotten.
A new life reminisces the bitterness in der Nacht,
When the darkness was brighter than the flame.
Rosa, Rosa, in der Nacht,
The darkness is brighter than the flame.
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