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From the Fragments

from Fragments by Yoni Avi Battat

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Music by Yoni Avi Battat / Concept by Yoni Avi Battat and Sivan Battat
English Lyrics by Yoni Avi Battat, Leah Carnow, and Sivan Battat, using ideas from Community Creative Fellowship workshop participants
Arabic Text by Samir Naqqash

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From the fragments of forgetting, I may never find truth
From the fragments of translation, I may fumble for words
From the fragments of migration, I may never find home

May I know my worth
May I find belonging
May I feel the way I flow from past, I flow to future

From the fragments of the searching, I am finding myself
From the fragments of the journey, I am finding my way
From the fragments of the dreaming, I am finding a prayer

ونحن، شتات يتجاذبه طرفا الفصام. انتماء ولا انتماء
(And we are fragments being pulled by the two sides of the split: belonging and unbelonging.)

From the fragments of the stories, I can hear what’s unsaid
From the fragments of the struggle, I can know my own strength
From the fragments of the voices, I can sing my own song — I’m singing my song

Arabic Translation by Lital Levy - “Poetic Trespass”

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from Fragments, released September 2, 2022
Yoni Avi Battat: lead vocal, oud

Backup vocals contributed by Leah Carnow, Nadav David, Gabriella Feingold, Itai Gal, Benyamin Lichtenstein, Karen Lowe, Louis Polisson, Noam Sender, and Mikaela Zetley.

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Yoni Avi Battat Boston, Massachusetts

Multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and composer specializing in contemporary and traditional Jewish music from Eastern Europe and the Middle East. He maintains an active performance schedule across the country, playing violin, viola, and oud in collaborative and interdisciplinary projects spanning a wide range of styles. ... more

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