Song of the Murdered Jewish People

Yitshak Katzenelson

1944

Canto IX. To the Heavens

And thus it came to pass, and this was the beginning . . . Heavens tell me, why?1
Tell me, why this, O why? What have we done to merit such disgrace?
The earth is dumb and deaf, she closed her eyes. But you, heavens on high,
You saw it happen and looked on, from high, and did not turn your face.
You did not cloud your…
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