Pushed through the tiredness today and got in a bit of work before going to bed! So, wrote 2 stanzas, but 30 minutes of it was spent deciding on whether to use the word “harem” or not, and ultimately decided not to, because it reminds me of the Ottoman Turkish era, which was about 1000 years after Esther’s story took place. In Greek and Hebrew, it was called “women’s house” or “women’s quarters” so let’s just use one of those instead!
HEGAI:
Welcome all women to Shushan
Now I will do the best I can
To take good care of you in your new home
and keep you safe and sound; you’re not alone!
GIRL #1:
I have been snatched away
from my home and there’s nothing I could do or say
You took away my life
my hopes and dreams are lost in shadow
