Ani Ma'amin (Sachki, Sachki) - Songs from Testimonies

Lyrics: Shaul Tchernichovsky
Music: Tuvia Shlonsky
Arrangement: D. Zisl Slepovitch
From the album
Where Is Our Homeland? - Songs from Testimonies, Vol. 1
Among the songs that young people in Treblinka, including Irene S, were singing to support their faith and hope for survival and liberation, were Hebrew songs they had learned in Poland before the war, presumably as part of the Tarbut (“Culture”) - interwar-period Polish Zionist educational system. After State or Israel came into existence, Sakhki, Sakhki became one of the Israeli popular song staples.
The poem was written by Shaul Tchernichovsky in 1894 in Odessa. This performance presents an abridged version of Tchernichovsky’s poem, according to Irene’s performance, with one exception: Irene started singing the song on the 2nd verse; we here perform it from the beginning.

Sakhki sakhki al hakhalomot,
zu ani hakholem sach
Sakhki ki b'adam a'amin
ki odeni ma'amin bakh
Ki od nafshi dror sho'efet
lo makhartiah l'egel paz
Ki od amin gam be'adam
gam berukho ruakh az
Rukho yashlikh kavlei-hevel
yeromemeynu bomatay-al
Lo bara'av yamut oved
dror la'nefesh pat ladal.
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Laugh, laugh at these dreams -
This is me, the dreamer, speaking
Laugh because I still believe in humanity,
Because I still believe in you.
Because my soul still longs for freedom,
I have not sold it for a golden calf.
Because I still believe in humanity
And in its spirit, a strong spirit.
This spirit will cast off the shackles of falsehood,
And will be uplifted.
No worker shall die of hunger;
Freedom for the soul, bread for the poor.

[@52liberte]

Beautiful song❤

[@ZiSlepovitch]

It is! Thank you!🙏

[@kayaviola]

Beautiful, Zisl! Thank you so much for posting 🙏🙏

[@ZiSlepovitch]

Thank you for listening and for your warm words, Kaya! This project means a lot to me, and thankfully going strong for 6 years now.