As I Gaze Lyrics

Lai la lai la la la lai lai lai

Lai la lai la la la lai lai lai

Lai la lai la la la la lai lai

Lai la lai la la lai lai lai

As I gaze at my menorah tonight

And it's dazzling candlelight

I see reflected our hopes and dreams

Mirrored in my menorah's gleams

I see the fire on Mount Sinai

Descending from our G-d on High

I see the Torah that Moses taught

Black fire on white fire it was wrought

I see the Jewish children and their games

Glowing menorahs on window panes

Whirling dreidels nun gimmel hey shin

And that's only where the miracles begin

Lai la lai la la la lai lai lai

Lai la lai la la la lai lai lai

Lai la lai la la la la lai lai

Lai la lai la la lai lai lai

I see the Temple go up in flames

Two thousand years of woe and pain

I see six million souls or so it seems

Lost in the smoke along with their dreams

I see the fire of Bar Yochai

Hidden in a cave to stay alive

This fire is the Torah's innermost light

Which guides us through the darkest night

I see the Jewish children and their games

Glowing menorahs on window panes

Whirling dreidels nun gimmel hey shin

These holy lights will never dim

Lai la lai la la la lai lai lai

Lai la lai la la la lai lai lai

Lai la lai la la la la lai lai

Lai la lai la la lai lai lai

I see pure shining faces huddled someplace

Learning from their rebbe aleph beis

I see the fire in the eyes of the captured ones

That wouldn't relent whatever would come

I see the Shabbos lights of mothers gone by

Praying that their children grow and thrive

They should grow to live proud Jewish lives

Keeping the flame of the Torah alive

I see the Jewish children and their games

Glowing menorahs on window panes

Whirling dreidels - nun gimmel hey shin

These holy lights will forever win

Lai la lai la la la lai lai lai

Lai la lai la la la lai lai lai

Lai la lai la la la la lai lai

Lai la lai la la lai lai lai

So when you gaze at your menorah tonight

If you search intently you may sight

A window through which your soul may climb

To touch the holy and sublime

Maybe you'll glimpse the G-dly spark

That illumines even the darkest dark

Maybe you'll sight the light awaiting us

The rekindled flames in the Beis HaMikdash

We'll see the Jewish children and their games

Glowing menorahs on window panes

Whirling dreidels nun gimel hey pey

These holy lights will forever stay

We'll see our children rise and sing again

Glowing menorah in the House of Hashem

Moshiach Ben David shining like the sun

Your Holy Name will forever be One