Raise Up Your Eyes
Raise up your eyes
north south east west
look down
can you count the dust of the earth?
So will be your seed.
The future –
more than we imagine
the present
a dark mirror,
Look up
look down —
Look forwards
backwards too, you sentimentalists,
you are
tahor – purified,
You are safe —
somewhere.
Small alef; poetry Tazria
Maqam* Bayat
D [3/4] E half-flat [3/4] F [1] G
Each Shabbat is associated with a musical figure
A maqam*
Cognate of maqom
Signifying Place