We Will Remember You - Hert Zich Tsu

Zola Shuman

Zola Shuman

English and Yiddish Lyrics

Hert zich tsu vi mir zingen
Vi es klapn undzere hertser
Mitn ritem fun ayer lebn
Hert zich tsu

Mir zaynen ayer kinder
Mir zingen ayer lider
Tzulib aych mir zaynen do
We are here because of you

We’ll tell your story, live your dreams and sing your song
With courage, faith and hope, with voices proud and strong
The world will know your life, your love,…. your legacy lives on.
Hert zich tsu ! We will remember you.

You’re with us everywhere we go,
We hold you safely in our hearts
We’ll share with future generations,
All the lessons of your past

All your suffering and losses,
All the pain that you went through
Will never be forgotten.
Hert zich tsu …..

We’ll tell your story, live your dreams and sing your song
With courage, faith and hope, with voices proud and strong
The world will know your life, your love,…. your legacy lives on.
Hert zich tsu ! We will remember you.

We have cried in all our tears the sadness
Of your darkest years
But the joy in your survival gives us life
Mir veln aych keyn mol nisht fargesen
Mir veln aych shtendik gedenken
Oif eybek veln mir zingen – tsulib aych
We’ll tell your story, live your dreams and sing your song
With courage, faith and hope, with voices proud and strong
The world will know your life, your love,…. your legacy lives on.
Hert zich tsu ! We will remember you.
Hert zich tsu ! We will remember you.

Translation

Hear how we sing
To the beat of our hearts
With the rhythm of your life
Listen

We are your children
We are singing your song
Because of you, we are all here
We are here because of you

We’ll tell your story, live your dreams and sing your song
With courage, faith and hope, with voices proud and strong
The world will know your life, your love,…. your legacy lives on.
Listen ! We will remember you.

You’re with us everywhere we go
We hold you safely in our hearts
We’ll share with future generations
All the lessons of your past

All your suffering and losses
All the pain that you went through
Will never be forgotten. Listen...

We’ll tell your story, live your dreams and sing your song
With courage, faith and hope, with voices proud and strong
The world will know your life, your love,…. your legacy lives on.
Listen ... We will remember you.

We have cried in all our tears the sadness of your darkest years
But the joy in your survival gives us life!
We will never forget you
We will always remember you
We will sing forever because of you

We’ll tell your story, live your dreams and sing your song
With courage, faith and hope, with voices proud and strong
The world will know your life, your love,…. your legacy lives on.
Listen ! We will remember you.

This song by Zola Shuman, was written as a tribute to her parents, Holocaust Survivors Chayela Rosenthal (Yiddish singer in the Vilna Ghetto) and Xavier Piatka/Israel Jutan)....and to her Uncle - the poet and songwriter Leyb Rozental and to honour the memory of all survivors and their family members killed in the Holocaust. The song was first sung by Zola and by children of the Herzlia School Choir in 2019 at the Yom HaShoah service held in Cape Town, South Africa. Read more and listen to the Yiddish music of Chayela and Leyb at www.chayela.com Link Zola singing song on Youtube: https://youtu.be/TcV2oNoG_kU Link to lyric video of song - sung by Zola: https://youtu.be/qviANorRAvQ

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Added April 22nd, 2026