Friday, July 14, 2006

Stepping away from my historical review, to a poem addressing current events...

Volkeree, Retern!

"O volkeree vois, retern tu me!
"O vois ov the muskee Ertha, retern.
"O vois prowd, o vois unrepenten,
"O volkeree vois, retern tu me."

"Rize up frum owwer unknoen ansest, arrize;
"Kwik ov sharp ejjez, sord and nife;
"Lowd in the charjing ov horsez hoovz.
"Pord like hot oyl, harts karvd in ise."

"Frons, prepare! Ittalya, prepare!
"Shvaden, Espanya, Osterland, prepare!
"Sereya and Libnon, Yemmen, Irron,
"Yu paganz, obesens tu yur volkeree soel!"

"Prepare wuns aggen the infernel offerringz:
"Blud ov oeld ramz, blud ov the kidz;
"Brake the wingz ov the lark and the duv;
"Konsume the Preesthoud with fiyer and klub."

"Hael the unavversiteez, thaer breeden ov hate.
"Hiel the Fillistinneyanz and thaer chield sakraffise."
"Hael the brownshirt and kaffeya waring yewth,
"And hiel the iyatollaz showting 'deth tu em Jewz!'

     In Yerueshalliyimz sinnaggogz the Sajez ar bent
     Over parchmen skroelz, rekording theze events.
     Behiend them, soft chanting, the salmz ov sorro
     And the salmz tu redeemen, the vois ov Yisroyel:

          "6 dekkade sins the paganz ov Ewrope broke owt
          "On the land, a wor aggenst the Preesthoud ov God.
          "The ruwen, thaer shame thay hav kleen forgot,
          "And aggen thay revert tu thaer pagan hart."

          "Unna Uddoniy, hoesheya nuh.
          "Unna Uddoniy, hoesheya nuh.
          "Unna Uddoniy, hutsleekha nuh.
          "Unna Uddoniy, hutsleekha nuh.*"
               * Please God, redeem now.
               Please God, bring success now.
               From Psalm 118

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