My Music: January 2008 Archives
I've just released five full length albums and one EPon last.fm! You can listen to some selected tracks with the radio player on the upper-right hand corner of eights.org.
Melody received in Damanhur; lyrics received from Hebraic Tradition (Talmud Bavli, Sukkot 53a) and Shmot (Exodus) 15:11:
אם אני כ(א)ן* הכל כ(א)ן
אם איני כ(א)ן מי כ(א)ן
מי כמוך באלים הויה
* כ(א)ן: The source-text says כאן (kan; "there") though I sing כן (kayn; "yes") on the third verse, ie, If I am "a Yes" then everything is "a Yes".
This just in (thanks to Rabbi DovBer Pinson:
Btw, there is a Gevaldiker Torah on this from the Noem Elimelech:
Im Ani Kan- if i feel that the Ultimate I is present (within and through me) than Hakal Kan - everything is here, as everything is an expression of the Ultimate I. However, if i am still in my small i, my ego, Im Ein Ani Kan-if the Ultimate I is not here (for me) than i am but a small ego, so Mi Kan, who is really here.I took it this way: If the "I" is present, the anochi/k'eloo ani, the ultimate I... I AM here, ALL IS here. If the small "I", the ego, isn't present, there's space for "Mi", "mi aleh"/elokim....
And this from Reb Flow:
Both ani and ha-kol are ciphers for Shekhinah. Just She-khinah singin' to Herself. Go Girl!
A short clip from last night's concert here in Damanhur:
My Sister in California got this audio to Italy....
It includes the English verses and the more recently added Hebrew:
I'm here, my dear,
I'm clear
and bright
and true.
With
every single breath,
every single simile.
Every single step, of
every single mile.
The truth
comes slowly
And that's okay (or so they say)
I choose
to be with you,
to see it through
Both
night and day
so I can say...
I'm here, my dear,
I'm clear
and bright
and true.
With
every single breath,
every single simile.
Every single step, of
every single mile.
The truth
comes slowly
And that's okay (or so they say)
I choose
to be with you,
to see it through
Both
night and day
so I can say...
הנה אני ידידי הנני
בכלֹ לבבי ובכל נפשי
בכל מאדי ובכל בשרי
בידו אפקד רוחי
ולא ירא רע
כי אתה
עמדי
בכלֹ לבבי ובכל נפשי
בכל מאדי ובכל בשרי
בידו אפקד רוחי
ולא ירא רע
כי אתה
עמדי
