Ayeka - Aly Halpert

English by Aly Halpert, Hebrew from Genesis 4
meh asita kol d’mei achicha tzo’akim eylai min ha’adamah
מֶ֣ה עָשִׂ֑יתָ ק֚וֹל דְּמֵ֣י אָחִ֔יךָ צֹעֲקִ֥ים אֵלַ֖י מִן־הָֽאֲדָמָֽה
(what have you done? the voice of your brothers blood cries out to me from the ground)
ayeka, ayeh achicha, ayeka
אַיֶּֽכָּה, אֵ֖י אָחִ֑יךָ, אַיֶּֽכָּה
(where are you? where is your brother? where are you?)
from the ground I hear them calling, your brother’s blood
what can grow here? what have we done?
from the soil I hear them crying, your sister’s blood
what can grow here? what have we done?
from the ground I hear them calling, your sibling’s blood
what can grow here? what have we done?
from the soil I hear them crying, our family’s blood
what can grow here?
what have we done?
Recorded Live at Let My People Sing Summer 5784
Aly Halpert - lead vocals, guitar
Yoni Avi Battat - vocals, viola
Shir Meira Feit - percussion
Anat Halevy Hochberg - vocals
Batya Levine - vocals
Dodie Whitaker - vocals
Marques Hollie - vocals
Leah Carnow - vocals
Margot Seigle - vocals
Filmed and edited by Walter Hergt
Audio recorded by Tim Fife
Mixed by Don Godwin
Music and English lyrics composed by Aly Halpert
Hebrew text from Tanakh

[@RichardFein2]

Interesting, moving, creative. Was this written to express feelings about a specific situation?