She carried children
Through crosses from stars
And she smuggled children
By courage and heart
She was my savior
Lied for me
I’d lie for her
She walked where others feared to go
Saved their lives
Risking he-r own
She hid our souls in
Jars neath the apple tree
She lived her life so truthfully
She risked her life for
Love of humanity
She was Irena
Calm and serene
She was Jolanta
Through rubble and screams
Asked by our loved ones
If they go
Will they survive?
She could say only what she knew
If they stay
They will surely die
She hid our souls in
Jars neath the apple tree
She showed her love so truthfully
She risked her life for
Love of humanity
She risked her life for
Love of humanity
She often said that she could have done more
But who could give more
Has more
To sacrifice ?
Through crosses from stars
And she smuggled children
By courage and heart
She was my savior
Lied for me
I’d lie for her
She walked where others feared to go
Saved their lives
Risking he-r own
She hid our souls in
Jars neath the apple tree
She lived her life so truthfully
She risked her life for
Love of humanity
She was Irena
Calm and serene
She was Jolanta
Through rubble and screams
Asked by our loved ones
If they go
Will they survive?
She could say only what she knew
If they stay
They will surely die
She hid our souls in
Jars neath the apple tree
She showed her love so truthfully
She risked her life for
Love of humanity
She risked her life for
Love of humanity
She often said that she could have done more
But who could give more
Has more
To sacrifice ?
Contributed by Dq82 - 2017/12/19 - 17:29
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... a tribute to wartime heroine - Irena Sendler. Who ? Don’t know much about history ? Well here’s a good place to start. Tony says: “What intrigues me about her courage is that she had no weapons or shields to defend herself with. Her acts were by courage and heart alone – and motivated by a love of humanity”. The poetic imagery shines brightly: “Through crosses from stars…” - a reference to the church sited on the border of the Warsaw ghetto through which children were smuggled. “She was Irena, calm and serene and she was Jolanta (her Resistance code name) through rubble and screams”. All this – added to a very fine melody – has created a magnificent and memorable song.
Irena Sendler, da nubile Irena Krzyżanowska (Varsavia, 15 febbraio 1910 – Varsavia, 12 maggio 2008), è stata un'infermiera e assistente sociale polacca, che collaborò con la Resistenza nella Polonia occupata durante la Seconda guerra mondiale. Divenne famosa per avere salvato, insieme con una ventina di altri membri della Resistenza polacca, circa 2.500 bambini ebrei, facendoli uscire di nascosto dal ghetto di Varsavia, fornendo loro falsi documenti e trovando rifugio per loro in case al di fuori del ghetto.