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[Instrumental Intro: Slow, isolated, melancholic piano chords. Each note lingers and fades into deep silence] [Verse 1: Male 70s Blues Voice - Hebrew] עַל נַהֲרוֹת בָּבֶל, שָׁם יָשַׁבְנוּ גַּם בָּכִינוּ (Al na-ha-rot Ba-vel, sham ya-shav-nu gam ba-chi-nu) בְּזָכְרֵנוּ אֶת צִיּוֹן (Be-zoch-re-nu et Tzi-yon) [Verse 2: Male R&B High Voice - English] By the rivers of Babylon, we sat and wept (By the ri-vers of Ba-by-lon, we sat and wept) In our hearts, the memory of Zion kept (In our hearts, the mem-o-ry of Zi-on kept) [Bridge: Saxophone Solo] [Raw, emotional, breathy notes. The sax sounds like a human crying. High-end tube saturation, immense space] [Chorus: Both Voices Together - Soft, breaking] עַל עֲרָבִים בְּתוֹכָהּ תָּלִינוּ כִּנֹּרוֹתֵינוּ (Al a-ra-vim be-to-cha ta-li-nu kin-no-ro-tei-nu) We hung our harps, we had no song to sing (We hung our harps, we had no song to sing) [Outro: Minimalist] [Piano slowly stops] זָכוֹר ה'... זָכוֹר... (Za-chor Ha-shem... Za-chor...) [The final note fades into absolute, heavy silence]