Mordechai Shapiro – Umibaladecha (Ohel Sarala)

Lacking capitalization of “you’re” and “father” in the quoted parts due to this being the way it is in the official lyrics.

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Lyrics

An angry storm is threatening and closing in.
He tries to fight the current, but his strength wears thin.
Clutching his young son and daughter,
Though he can barely swim.

But he’s no match for the sea with its mighty waves,
Struggling to breathe, for he has lives to save.
And hopelessly he feels his daughter
Slip away from him.

Oh, with her pleading eyes…
Oh, he can hear her cry.

“Father, hold me close, ’cause I don’t have another father.
When I reach out, please don’t let me go. Don’t let me go.
Father, hold me close, ’cause I don’t have another father.
It’s so hard to hold on, but you’re my hope.”

ומבלעדיך אין לנו מלך
אין לנו מלך – אלא אלה אתה
ומבלעדיך אין לנו מלך
אין לנו מלך – אלא אלה אתה

That night became a memory, carried off in years,
Lying on his deathbed, he draws her near.
“My daughter, in the waves,
You taught me a lesson of faith.”

When a father hears his child in a cry so deep,
It activates his mercy with a strength unleashed.
When the night is bleak and it seems there’s nothing to be saved,
So I will cry out. And when it’s right for me,
I will sing out when He splits the sea.

“Father, hold me close, ’cause I don’t have another father.
When I reach out, please don’t let me go. Don’t let me go.
Father, hold me close, ’cause I don’t have another father.
It’s so hard to hold on, but you’re my hope.”

ומבלעדיך אין לנו מלך
אין לנו מלך – אלא אלה אתה
ומבלעדיך אין לנו מלך
אין לנו מלך – אלא אלה אתה