Love Poem: Jerusalem Collaboration With Anil Deo
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Written by: Dalia Shahein

Jerusalem Collaboration With Anil Deo

My Salem, my shalom, maybe yours as well - 
Be well; build a well again – we’ll all be well, or 
Better than before in Jerusalem of the heart 
Whose Jerusalem made Jesus weep? 
“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, You who kill the Prophets …” 
Forgive me, Redirect me, as your beloved exiles sang 
Even in despair as long as millennia, you call your own! 
Salem of mystery, of history, of prophecy! 
Jesus had wanted to gather her under His tallit, Robe 
Of Righteousness – by our Rabbi of Righteousness. 
Jesus showed his royal face and mystery-lineage once 
To Abraham, revered Patriarch, respected Father: 
As the High-Priest without beginning or end, 
Melchizadek, King of Salem & Righteousness! 
Who took the first tithe from our father-in-common 
And delivered bread and wine: the first Communion 
O Jerusalem of Jesus, How Long – how much longer? 
I adore Thee like no earthly City 
Come Jerusalem, Mother, Father, Heaven, Earth 
All tongues sing of Thee, O Jerusalem, Come 
I,I Second 
Jerusalem land of faith, land of all religions on earth 
Jerusalem oh beloved Jerusalem, land of martyrs and saintly blood 
Jerusalem where Prophet Muhammad rose to the seventh sky 
You're the heaven that's on earth 
You're the meaning of purity and clarity, 
The meaning of beauty and love, Jerusalem – 
Land of GOD and all prophets 
We seek you, we pray … to be in the hands of GOD 
In you we seek to illuminate the darkness from our hearts 
In you we seek freedom from our sins 
Jerusalem oh beloved Jerusalem 
We will die without you; we will fight to love you like others 
You belong to God’s children; all of God – yes, ALL of GOD 
III, Third 
My Jerusalem, Thy Jerusalem, City of Past 
And forever; replete with Prophecy – Speak!