Other translations - Cohen

Be there sorrow like my sorrow?

(Grief for the past)

Is your sorrow like my sorrow?

(Grief for the present)

Is this sorrow all our sorrow?

(Grief for the future—
My, your, our future)

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Wind, water, air, and land

Heat, fire, ice, and snow

We are at their mercy

Cyclone, hurricane, flooding, freeze

Landslide, wildfire, hunger, drought

We are at their mercy

Please show us mercy

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We must show mercy

To mend our sorrow

We know what we need

But will it be done?
(Wind, water, air, and land
Heat, fire, ice, and snow)

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We must show mercy

To mend our planet

We know that we could

But will it be done?

(Cyclone, hurricane, flooding, freeze

Landslide, wildfire, hunger, drought)

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We know what we need

We know it could be done

We must show mercy

Please, we must show mercy on ourselves

And will it to be done