Are all the messages we said
And songs we sung together
Drifting softly in the breeze
And floating like a feather?
Are all the questions
That were asked
With answers to them all
Wrapped up with the tin foil
And crumpled in a ball?
Is Echod Mi Yodeia
Still your Number One?
Or is your team
That’s in first place
For silly games they won?
Do you all still remember
Vehi She’amda clear?
Or are you hopeless
Filled with doubt
With faith replaced by fear?
Did Shefoch Chamoscha
Ring with truth
Or is it out the door
Like all the tiny matzoh crumbs
Swept up from your floor?
What did you take
From Pesach
Did Yom Tov do for you?
Or is the remnant
Bits of tape
And sticky residue?
When you packed your Haggados
In boxes or on shelves
Did you pack the Yom Tov’s joys
And also pack yourselves?
Are all that’s left in bottles
The remnants of the wine
Do daled kosos now remain
A drink for when you dine
Please don’t forget the Yom Tov
And all that you invested
From p’shatim and the zemiros
And questions tried and tested
Be like the chochom
Who wants more
Way past the Seder’s end
For on that zeal for Yiddishkeit
Our nation does depend
With Pesach now behind us
And now Shavuos nearin’
Keep the taste of Pesach
Remember “Ain Maftirin!”
