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9. I Will Not See Yah
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Chorus:
Oy va-avoy, I will not see Yah!
Veh iz mir: I will not see Yah!
I will not see Yah in the Land of the Living,
Nor will I see man… again… in the Land of Cessation!

I was King of Yehudah, I nearly passed away
Had already accepted I would never see the light of day
again…
But I rejoiced, even though I stood to cease being a mighty man,
For I stood to meet Yah my Creator
Only moments later!

Chorus:

How ignorant is the man who knows not the holy words of the holy Torah
The holy words of our holy Lord Yah!
He cannot contemplate Creation
He cannot prepare for Cessation
He will reach Heaven’s Gate
Unable to debate
The righteous around Adam:
Around Adam sit the Masters of Return
Who lived their lives in Teshuva, who chose to yearn and learn
Because they chose NOT to burn!

Oh, the soul of our Lord, the soul of Yah!
Beware! That soul is the Shekhinah!
For my soul to deserve to be joined
It needs to be coined
Appropriately…
Then, and ONLY then, will the glass become clear, will the lens become clean
Can the Zohar be approached, and seen!

Oy va-avoy, I will not see Adam!
Veh iz mir: I will pass but see no one!
Nor will I see the shining highest Light!
Oy, my regret, my suffering, my plight!

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