“From the graveyard of lust

The nation journeyed”

 

We buried our lust

And continued on our way

 

This is what

We must always do

 

We must bury our lusts

Deep

Deep

Down in the ground

 

But they always

Spring to life

 

My evil impulse–

Hayetzer Hara–

Is a genius

And knows precisely

What are my weaknesses

 

It is hard

To fight

My evil impulse

My reptile side

 

So I must act

In accordance with

The principle

Of Behaalotcha

Of rising up

Of elevating myself

To a higher plane

 

And I must always remember

The divine spark

That is inside me

 

The gift from

Our Heavenly Father