[Intro — spoken fast over a single clarinet run] פָּרָשַׁת בְּרֵאשִׁית — from the very first word to the very last, here we go. [Chorus — everyone together, big and bright] יְהִי אוֹר — let there be light! (let there be light!) וַיְהִי־אוֹר — and there was light! (and there was light!) He said one word and the dark broke open, He said one word and the world was born! [Verse 1 — fast, clapping] Day one, He splits the light from the dark, (from the dark!) He calls them day and night. (day and night!) Day two, a canopy inside the water, (in the water!) waters under, waters over. (under and over!) Day three, the sea runs to one place, וְתֵרָאֶה הַיַּבָּשָׁה — and the dry land shows its face! (shows its face!) Grass and herbs and fruit trees, every seed inside its own. [Chorus — everyone together, big and bright] יְהִי אוֹר — let there be light! (let there be light!) וַיְהִי־אוֹר — and there was light! (and there was light!) He said one word and the dark broke open, He said one word and the world was born! [Verse 2 — faster, clarinet answering each line] Day four, two great lights up in the sky, (up in the sky!) the big one for the day, the small one for the night, and all the stars beside them. (and all the stars!) Day five, the water swarms with living things and the birds go up on the wind. (up on the wind!) Day six, every animal out of the ground, and then — נַעֲשֶׂה אָדָם — let us make a man! (let us make a man!) וְהִנֵּה־טוֹב מְאֹד — and behold, it was very good! [Chorus — everyone together, big and bright] יְהִי אוֹר — let there be light! (let there be light!) וַיְהִי־אוֹר — and there was light! (and there was light!) He said one word and the dark broke open, He said one word and the world was born! [Verse 3 — driving, slightly lower, storytelling] A garden in עֵדֶן, a river in four, לְעָבְדָהּ וּלְשָׁמְרָהּ — work it and guard it, and eat from every tree but one. (but one!) The snake talked. They ate. They hid. אַיֶּכָּה — where are you? He called into the trees. Out of the garden, into the thorns, בְּזֵעַת אַפֶּיךָ — bread by the sweat of your face. [Verse 4 — full speed, everyone in] Two brothers and two offerings, and one of them went wrong, and He said it straight to Kayin before a thing was done: וְאַתָּה תִּמְשָׁל־בּוֹ — you can rule over it! (you can rule over it!) Then tents and flocks, כִּנּוֹר וְעוּגָב — the harp and the flute, the first music in the world! (the first music!) Ten generations counted out, and חֲנוֹךְ walked with Hashem. The world went wrong, and the parsha holds one door: וְנֹחַ מָצָא חֵן — and Noach found favor. (found favor!) [Chorus — everyone together, big and bright] יְהִי אוֹר — let there be light! (let there be light!) וַיְהִי־אוֹר — and there was light! (and there was light!) He said one word and the dark broke open, He said one word and the world was born! [Outro — clarinet and claps, whole room shouting] He said one word and the world was born! (the world was born!) יְהִי אוֹר — and there was light!
