Anna Kanna

Challi na, Channi na

Ve’ehamaya.

Be’emuna atanu ve’ta’aneinu

Hineinu atanu lach

Ve’ehamaya.

El na annakanna

Challi na, Channi na

Aniya soara

Sa na, refa na la

Hineinu atanu lach

Aneinu ki eleicha eineinu

Ve’eineinu leya Anu leya ve’eineinu leya

Le’olam ule’almei almaya

(from the Jewish Book of Prayers)

...Dolce notte che scende sull’anima......Sweet darkness falls upon the soul...

(from the book: I have not seen a butterfly around here... – children’s drawings and poems from Terezin)

Koiftshe, Koiftshe papirosn!... Cigarettes! Please buy cigarettes!...

(from a popular Jewish song)

...E piccolo il giardino... A little garden

Profumato di rose. Fragrant and full of roses.

E stretto il sentiero... The path is narrow...

...Ma qui non ho visto farfalle......Only I have not seen a butterfly around here...

...Un altro giorno e’ disceso senza ritorno......Another day has sunk into the bottomless pit of time...

...perche’ i tamburi rullavano tanti appelli?... why did the druming soldiers march here

Perche’ ora tanti soldati?... Why did so many soldiers come here?...

...Pesanti ruote ci sfiorano la fronte......heavy wheels are driving over our foreheads...

(from the book: I have not seen a butterfly around here... – children’s drawings and poems from Terezin)

Koiftshe, Koiftshe papirosn!... Cigarettes! Please buy cigarettes!...

(from a popular Jewish song)

Anna Kanna

Challi na, Channi na

Ve’ehamaya.

Be’emuna atanu ve’ta’aneinu

Hineinu atanu lach

Ve’ehamaya.

El na annakanna

Challi na, Channi na

Aniya soara

Sa na, refa na la

Hineinu atanu lach

Aneinu ki eleicha eineinu

Ve’eineinu leya Anu leya ve’eineinu leya

Le’olam ule’almei almaya

(from the Jewish Book of Prayers)

...Asse Imanu Tzdaka Va’chesed......Treat us with charity and loving kindness...

(from the Jewish Book of Prayers)

Betty Olivero

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