Every day is a gift,
Every ray of the sun
A continuation, the miracle
Of Hashem’s Creation.
Before Adam
All creatures came,
Great and small,
Adam given the honor
Of naming them all:
Their spiritual essence,
Their inner truth,
The dense physical fiber
Of each hide, claw, and tooth
Condensed down to their
Metaphysical aspect;
The Hebrew names Adam gave them
Remain in effect.
HaKadosh Baruch Hu
Greatly exalted Adam,
Made him partners in a song,
Even angels cannot fathom
The tohu,
Intense expression
Of G-dliness,
The Song of Creation,
Spiritual, made manifest,
Sung by Hashem Himself;
Angels can only but listen,
As each day
Hashem creates the world
Again and again.
There still exists
Divine dispensation;
We can still be partners
Of HaKadosh Baruch Hu’s creation –
The mitzvos, an expression
Of Hashem
Embodied in physical action
In serving G-d;
The mitzvos yield
The song given back to us
As Hashem is revealed.
By Sharon Marcus
