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Setting of the poem: I'd Like To Go Alone by Alena Synkova
and Ani Ma’amin, Melody composed by: Azriel David Fastag
The setting of Alena Synkova’s poem, I’d Like to Go Alone, also contains a traditional melody, Ani Ma’amin, which weaves in and out throughout the course of the song. Below is the origin of this melody.
Rebbe Azriel David Fastag was known throughout Warsaw for his exceptional voice and compositions of Chassidic music. In 1942, Reb Azriel David, along with hundreds of others, was transported by cattle train from the Warsaw ghetto to Treblinka death camp. While on the train, he composed a new melody to Ani Ma’amin, the 12th of 13 principles of Jewish faith. At first, the melody was sung quietly, gradually strengthening to full voice. Soon, the new melody spread from car to car throughout the train, bringing a sense of hope and faith.
After several rounds of song, Reb Azriel David asked for silence and announced that he would give half of his share of “the world to come” to whomever could deliver the new melody to his mentor, the Moditzer Rebbe. A man took the Rebbe up on his offer. He succeeded in escaping through a gap in the roof of one of the carriages, jumping from the moving train. The new melody to Ani Ma’amin and the story from which it originated was successfully delivered to the Rebbe. The Rebbe is said to have exclaimed, “With this niggun, the Jewish people went to the gas chambers, and with this niggun, the Jews will march to greet Moshiach.”
“Maybe more of us, a thousand strong, will reach this goal before too long.”-Alena Synkova
lyrics
I’d Like To Go Alone
-Alena Synkova
I’d like to go away alone
Where there are other, nicer people,
Somewhere into the far unknown,
There, where no one kills another.
Maybe more of us,
A thousand Strong,
Will reach this goal
Before too long.
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Ani Ma’amin (ןימאמ ינא)
Ani ma’amin (3x)
Be’emuna sch’lema
B’viat hamashiach
B’viat hamashiach Ani ma’amin (2x)
(Translation: I believe with complete faithin the coming of the Messiah, I believe)
credits
from I Never Saw Another Butterfly,
released April 21, 2020
Dana Sandler: vocals
Carmen Staaf: piano
Peter Kenagy: flugelhorn
Rick Stone: clarinet
Michael Winograd: clarinet
Jorge Roeder: bass
Austin McMahon: drums, percussion & vocals
Rory Sandler McMahon: vocals
Dana Sandler is a vocalist and composer based in Boston, MA. Her debut as a bandleader, I Never Saw Another Butterfly is a
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