Daughter of Babylon
Salim Yitshak Nissim
1921
Return to your ancient past
Aid your sister with education and culture
And people of Israel will once more be a nation.
Awake, daughter of Babylon, mother of knowledge
Take up in your hand the pen of literature
Cast ignorance behind you
And be a source of great redemption to your people.
Undo the cuffs, release the binds,
Those tethers of…
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