Aliza Hava - Arise, Women of this Day! (The Mother's Day Proclamation) Lyrics

Arise, women of this day
Arise, all women who have hearts
Arise, women of this day
Rise up, rise up!

Whether your baptism be of water or tears
Say firmly, we will not have great questions decided by irrelevant agencies
Our husbands shall not come to us
Reeking of carnage for caresses and applause
Our sons shall not be taken from us
To unlearn all that we've been able to teach them of charity, mercy, and patience
We women of one country
Shall be too tender to those of another country
To allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs

Arise, women of this day
Arise, all women who have hearts
Arise, women of this day
Rise up, rise up!
Arise, women of this day
Arise, all women who have hearts
Arise, sisters
Rise up, rise up!

From the bosom of a devastated earth
A voice goes up with our own
It says, "Disarm! Disarm!"
The sword of murder is not the balance of justice

Let women now leave all that may be left of home
For a great and earnest day of council
Let them meet first as women
To bewail and commemorate the dead
Let them solemnly take council with each other
As to the means whereby the great human family
Can live in peace

Arise, women of this day
Arise, all women who have hearts
Arise, women of this day
Rise up, rise up!
Arise, women of this day
Arise, all women who have hearts
Arise, sisters
Rise up, rise up!

Arise, rise up, rise up!
Arise, rise up, rise up!
Arise, rise up, rise up!
Arise...
Rise up!!!!