helpless pain
And boys and girls of every age
Became sisters and brothers
We gathered in yeshivos
In shuls across the land
And teardrops wet
The psalms of old
That shook in our hand
A silence from
A heartless world
Shouted, “You’re alone”
A callous shout for decades hurled
At the plains of Gush Etzyon
In each heart hope
Was fading
As soldiers searched the hills
While jeers and rocks
Were hurled with jest
As Yidden’s blood just spills
We knew the ruthless enemy
Who has no sense of shame
Can act with sheer monstrosity
And swiftly shift the blame
And tears flowed up to heaven
Backed by souls destroyed
A nation cried in harmony
Through tzarah once more buoyed
It seems that all too often
Tragedy unites
We link our hands
And raise our eyes
Through dark and lonely nights
Naftali, Eyal, Gil-Ad
Your blood, your sweat and tears
Shall remain in our memory
Eternally for years
The pain your parents suffered
Is pain suffered Above
A Father we keep turning to
Who punishes with love
Despite our questions
That we have
We’re not alone we know
Your martyrdom all for His Name
Together helped us grow
Perhaps for your cherubic smiles
Perhaps how you inspire
This tragedy compels us all
To act a little higher
To think on greater levels
To act towards all with love
To mend the bond we broke with Him
Our Father way above
The kiddush Sheim Shomayim
As we had prayed as one
As if each kadosh snatched away
Was our only son
Friends in life, you forged a pact
In death not separated
And in your short stay on this earth
A movement you created
I beg it stay eternally
The achdus that we yearn
To bring the ultimate relief
The day our boys return
…Veshovu vonim ligvulom
