AVI BINUR: MERCY GATE בָּרוּךְ הַשֵׁם

The First Time

The first time, Ever, I saw your face: I thought the sun
Rose in your eyes and the moon and stars were the gifts
You gave to the dark and the empty skies
My love to the dark and the empty

Skies

The first time, Ever, I kissed your mouth I felt
The earth move in my hand like the trembling 
Heart of a captive bird that was there 
At my command: my love that was there 

At my command

The first time, Ever, I held you near and felt 
Your heart beat close to mine, I thought
Our joy would fill the world and would last 
‘Til the end of time, my love, and would last: 

‘Til The End of time.

Walang ligaya sa lupa na hindi dinilig ng luha.

Filipino Proverb: There is no earthly bliss not watered by tears.

Bnei Lot are of an ancient origin. In the migratory tradition of Ruth begun more than two millennia ago, a remnant of David and Solomon migrated into Maritime Southeast Asia which comprises what is now Brunei, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, The Philippines, and Singapore, as well as Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia, with a sizeable minority of Malays migrating back to their tribal allotments in Sephardic Judah, besides Terrestrial and Figurative Jordan.