Motty Ilowitz - "Silence" (Shtilkeit) - English translation

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Silence (Shtilkeit) From Motty's album 'Hasugos' (השגות). https://album.link/hasugos ... Lyrics: Wherever I step and step Wherever I go and go I hear the pleas to the point that my ears hurt Of little people who lie beneath me Little people - like you and me. I see the father being dragged away I see the young boy being burned I see the sister being beaten I see the mother with the baby in her hands Little people - who lie beneath me Little people - like you and me. Little people whom no one will know anymore Little people who no one knows who and where they are. Pure, innocent souls Beneath a memorial stone No name, no image, no remnant of your beauty. And I cry: “ארץ ארץ אל תכסי דמם (Earth, earth, do not cover up their blood) Do not cover up Let the bones protrude until they will awaken. Our past It cries, it yearns and shouts You could go deaf from the world’s most resounding silence. I don’t know your name And I don’t know where you're from I only know where you’re headed And I hear how sadly you moan Little people - who lie beneath me Little people like you and me. It’s not them, it’s me It’s now, not then It’s not glasses, teeth and shoes It’s our nation Little people - who lie beneath me Little people - like you and me. Little people whom no one will know anymore Little people who no one knows who and where they are. Pure, innocent souls Beneath a memorial stone No name, no image, no remnant of your beauty. And I cry: “ארץ ארץ אל תכסי דמם (Earth, earth, do not cover up their blood) Do not cover up Let the bones protrude until they will awaken. Our past It cries, it yearns and shouts You could go deaf from the world’s most resounding silence. ... Bones, teeth, memorial stones Of millions who are nameless. To inquire about it, like we used to There is almost no one left today. The atrocities, injustices, that happened yesterday Wanted to annihilate them too. The last, esteemed, elders Oy, who remember the hell. The little people - whom no one will ever Whom no one will ever know anymore…