How can I keep from singing?

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My life flows on in endless song;
Above earth's lamentations,
I hear the real, tho' far-off hymn
That hails a new creation;
Through all the tumult and the strife
I hear its music ringing;
It sounds an echo in my soul—
How can I keep from singing?

Although the tempest loudly roars,
I hear the truth, it liveth.
But though the darkness 'round me close,
Songs in the night it giveth.
No storm can shake my inmost calm
While to that rock I'm clinging;
Since love is lord of heaven and earth,
How can I keep from singing?

Der shturem voyet af a hoykhn kol
Dem emes her ikh lebn
Di finsternish krikht lebn mir
Mir hern zayn gezang
Der shturem nemt nisht tsu mayn ru
Vayl libe koyles klingen
In meyn neshome her ikh zey
Ikh her nisht of tsu zingen

When tyrants tremble, sick with fear,
And hear their death-knell ringing,
When friends rejoice both far and near,
How can I keep from singing?
In prison cell and dungeon vile,
Our thoughts to them are winging;
When friends by shame are undefiled,
How can I keep from singing?

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from How can I keep (from) singing?, released July 8, 2020
Hymn by Robert Lowry, Yiddish translation by Rivke Canning

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Anat Halevy Hochberg Boston, Massachusetts

Classical training meets Yiddish soul, Yemenite melody, and an affinity for folk music. Boston-based. Fiercely stubborn & frustratingly sensitive. Likes to sing to people and to sing with people. Also produced elulmusicproject.bandcamp.org. Check it. See more of my work at anathalevyhochberg.com // @anathalevyhochberg on insta ... more

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