tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post7054937440291435642..comments2024-01-22T04:45:58.881+02:00Comments on Simply Jews: Yom Kippur war - 40 yearsGideonSworthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13951672633294843881noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-14950493228963705282013-09-16T09:43:51.522+03:002013-09-16T09:43:51.522+03:00Yes. Thanks.Yes. Thanks.SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-86395456411953806432013-09-16T01:07:38.806+03:002013-09-16T01:07:38.806+03:00Thanks Snoopy, that was a beautiful song with mean...Thanks Snoopy, that was a beautiful song with meaningful words that said what really mattered.<br /><br /><br />A poem by one of the defenders of the Golan Heights in 1973.<br /><br /><br />My Brothers the Heroes of Golan<br /><br /><br />I wanted to write to you, my brothers<br />With beards and sooty faces and all the other marks<br />I wanted to write to you - you who stood alone <br /><br />Facing Enemy tanks from front and flank.<br />You whose clanking tracks set a land trembling,<br />You who proved that armor is iron but man is steel,<br />To you, who gave a shoulder and extended a hand<br />Abd destroyed them in their masses one by one<br />I wanted to write you a hymn if only one<br />For each of the few who stood against the many,<br />I stand here on the ramps and count them by their scores<br />Sooty hulks and abandoned tanks and cold corpses<br />And I remember how you worked alone and in pairs <br /><br />One turning on a light while the other struck from close,<br />And I look on towards the bloody path and Mazrat Beit Jan<br />And the night of move to ambush at America-Yair crossing<br />And the artillery that pounded at dawn<br />And I remember the hundred and twenty-seven<br />And the gang on tanks, and their joy<br />When they heard and felt cease-fire coming<br />I look back and see the faces of heroes,<br />Who will not come back with us, nor tell their exploits<br />Those who saw the oncoming monster and fired till it stopped,<br />Who loaded another shell and another belt till they paid with their blood.<br />I remember all of them - Yair, Ami and Amir<br />Amir and Zelig Bluman and all the others who fought like lions till morning dawned.<br />I stand here alone and my heart is filled with a silent prayer: Let there be no more war ...SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-25297582755562090292013-09-14T11:14:28.820+03:002013-09-14T11:14:28.820+03:00Thanks, Katie, and te same to you.Thanks, Katie, and te same to you.SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-36526061383350221402013-09-14T11:09:39.739+03:002013-09-14T11:09:39.739+03:00Thanks, Yitzchak, and same to you and all yours.Thanks, Yitzchak, and same to you and all yours.SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-57365606071084771292013-09-14T11:08:57.948+03:002013-09-14T11:08:57.948+03:00Oh, the level required (in both languages) is beyo...Oh, the level required (in both languages) is beyond my puny abilities.SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-43678568197329977692013-09-14T05:44:11.181+03:002013-09-14T05:44:11.181+03:00Oh, too bad. It reads good. Maybe you should do yo...Oh, too bad. It reads good. Maybe you should do your own?SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-90026008024006545552013-09-13T22:59:37.463+03:002013-09-13T22:59:37.463+03:00Gemar chasimah tovah. Have an easy fast.Gemar chasimah tovah. Have an easy fast.SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-62036077142703658432013-09-13T20:47:45.152+03:002013-09-13T20:47:45.152+03:00Gemar chasimah tovah, Snoopy. Have a good and heal...Gemar chasimah tovah, Snoopy. Have a good and healthy year!SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-90133012599500978852013-09-13T18:40:12.376+03:002013-09-13T18:40:12.376+03:00Ha! Seems we have stumbled on the same one. Mind, ...Ha! Seems we have stumbled on the same one. Mind, the translation looks like it was done by Google or similar.SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-56156060791098269992013-09-13T17:26:18.422+03:002013-09-13T17:26:18.422+03:00Hmmm. Doesn't remind me of the Beatles tune at...Hmmm. Doesn't remind me of the Beatles tune at all and the words are very different. As for the translation, in linking to you I found one: http://www.hebrewsongs.com/?songID=176SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-18902984772666490712013-09-13T17:24:33.383+03:002013-09-13T17:24:33.383+03:00Hmmm. Didn't remind me of the Beatles tune. As...Hmmm. Didn't remind me of the Beatles tune. As for the translation, in linking to you I found one: http://www.hebrewsongs.com/?songID=176SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-182650963399701032013-09-13T17:20:26.259+03:002013-09-13T17:20:26.259+03:00Wish I had a translation handy. It is, in fact, Be...Wish I had a translation handy. It is, in fact, Beatles' "Let it be" reworded by Shemer, who disagreed with Paul McCartneys' reading of it.SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-90258990345967638932013-09-13T15:19:01.575+03:002013-09-13T15:19:01.575+03:00Stirring, actually, thanks.Stirring, actually, thanks.SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.com