Name: Irena
Duration: P00H03M52S
Description: Irena tells a story of a little boy saved by Irena Sendler, a Polish nurse who smuggled more than 2,500 Jewish children from the German-occupied Warsaw ghetto during World War II.

Irena

from Hope's Beautiful Daughters by Katarina Juvančič & Dejan Lapanja

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Irena tells a story of a little boy saved by Irena Sendler, a Polish nurse who smuggled more than 2,500 Jewish children from the German-occupied Warsaw ghetto during World War II.

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IRENA

I am a tiny particle of light

A lonely atom trembling in the night

I am multiplied by millions

Divided by two

Lives and lies and bitter skies

And memories of you.

I was born before I was delivered

Sung before I took first breath

Singing songs of earthly shadows

Crawling from the clutch of death.

I was burnt by the blazing Torah

Blinded by the yellow star

I heard the sound of your voice

Echoing in the jar.

Say my name ten thousand times

Until your lips run dry

And bury it beneath the tree

Where curlews come to cry.

Stow it safely, wrap it well

Just like a babe new born

Hide it underneath the cross

Where sinners come to mourn.

Maybe someday someone

Who knows where to start

Will carve my name upon this tree

Inside a little heart.

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from Hope's Beautiful Daughters, released August 11, 2014

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Katarina Juvančič and Dejan Lapanja first appeared on the Slovenian music scene in 2009, with their folk rock song Uej uej (Magdalenca), featured in Slovenian National Radio’s newcomers contest. Their music is often described as alt-folk, bridging modern trends and ancient folk influences and sensibilities. ... more

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