Before the Shofar is Blown

The old makes way for the new,

while the new makes way for the old;

where one begins another ends,

nothing ever stops at all,

it is renewed in the shofar call.

There is just so much you can do -

the rest must come from the heavenly dew.

The King is merciful,

surely He will hear us

and then we will be renewed -

Yes! this year will be new.

There is just one thing we ask of You -

to show us what is really true.

On the Day of Judgment

surely You will guide us,

to show us the straight way through,

to a place with the clearest view,

and then we will be renewed -

Yes! this year we will start anew.

Though time is forever water that flows,

our lives are merely melting snow;

a seed in the springtime

is a flower in summer,

but eventually it must fall -

to be reborn in the King’s hall.

And now the shofar must be blown

to remind us of preciousness grown.

While life is for the living,

love is for the giving;

so let us stand before the All Knowing eyes,

in the palace of the Most High.

The old makes way for the new,

while the new makes way for the old;

where one begins another ends,

nothing ever stops at all -

may our hearts be a shofar call!