Inscription of Hope ~ The Year Was 1943

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Quoting from a Russian Folk Tune, composer Dr. Z. Randall Stroope arranged a stunning choral and instrumental piece for the Nebraska Choral Arts Society and Children's Chorus called "Inscription of Hope." Based on fragments of Jewish text found on a cellar wall in Cologne, Germany during the Holocaust in World War II, it is believed to have been scrawled by a child hiding from the Nazis.

Although the rendition you hear at this link is performed with adult voicing, Inscription of Hope is pure magic when sung by children. I have conducted this piece for children's choir and can testify to that.

Imagine the circumstances that led to such an epitaph. Here are the lyrics to Stroope's Inscription of Hope.

I believe in the sun

even when it is not shining.

And I believe in love

even when there's no one there.

And I believe in God

even when He is silent

I believe through any trial

there is always a way.

But sometimes in this suffering

and hopeless despair

My heart cries for shelter

to know someone's there

But a voice rises within me saying

'hold on my child'

I'll give you strength, I'll give you hope

Just stay a little while

I believe in the sun

even when it is not shining

And I believe in love

even when there's no one there

And I believe in God

even when He is silent

I believe through any trial

There is always a way

May there someday be sunshine

May there someday be happiness

May there someday be love

May there someday be peace.

There is similar suffering all over the world today in varying forms of atrocity. Perhaps when we no longer need monies to buy bombs and fuel tanks we can feed all the hungry children.

Note: The photo above is one of the most famous Holocaust picturesd ever taken. Taken April-May, 1943 during the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. Photo US Holocaust Memorial Museum.

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Parts of this post were reprinted from November, 2006. A magical time it was....