Its leil shabbos koidesh He wanders on in Stands in the back As the teffilos begin The mystical words Of lecha doidi Theres something about That sweet melody Invited for dinner Zemiros they sing Infusing his soul With the joy that they bring Closing his eyes His heart starts to soar Perhaps we can sing That sweet song once more לכה דודי לקרת כלה פני שבת נקבלה לכה דודי לקרת כלה פני שבת נקבלה They asked him who are you And where were you born Ramallahs my home But inside i feel torn I was taught to hate jews To hurt and to maim But i felt a connection i could not explain With anger and fury Thrown out of my home Confused and forsaken I left there alone But i feel something strange here His voice fills the room And over and over hes singing this tune לכה דודי לקרת כלה פני שבת נקבלה לכה דודי לקרת כלה פני שבת נקבלה Returned to my mother to say my goodbyes She told me the truth With tears in her eyes I was taken by force Were jewish, now run Heres a picture to treasure Its where you come from They gathered and stared At the photo he held An image of his grandfathers Grave it beheld רב שלמה עלקביץ His kever in tzfas Who wrote lecha doidi we sing leil shabbos לכה דודי לקרת כלה פני שבת נקבלה לכה דודי לקרת כלה פני שבת נקבלה לכה דודי לקרת כלה פני שבת נקבלה לכה דודי לקרת כלה פני שבת נקבלה