Via Dolorosa

Jerusalem, Jerusalem!
The city of peace,
What had befallen you?
Why did your children scatter,
and what's the uproar all about?

Your songs of joy and praises
had turned into songs of hatred and war.
The peace that you longed for had left you.
Your battle cry had become
"Crucify him, crucify him!"
Crucify who?

Jerusalem! the apple of God's eye,
My eyes look up to you.
On your streets are the footprints
of my Lord and my Saviour,
the One you crucified.
My Saviour walked through your streets,
Via Dolorosa to Golgotha,
The road to Mount Calvary,
on which the price was paid-
The road to death and crucifixion!

Now let us follow in his footsteps.
Let us go beyond the city walls,
through Via Dolorosa,
the street of suffering
and the street of shame-
To suffer and to die for him,
To die for him who was crucified.