Poem
Shai Dotan
LET\'S PRETEND THAT THE WAR
Let’s pretend that the war here was made of loveAn oppressed enemy swept away by love
A mutual, one-sided occupation of love
Bustling settlements swarming with love
The eyes of preachers in mosques bellowing love
In refugee camps, walls stained with slogans of love
The news every hour, sugared announcements dripping love
Roadblocks with barbed wires in the name of love
Terrorists infiltrating shopping malls buckled with love
Coexistence, a hollow word, an abandoned tank made of love.
© Translation: 2009, Ohad Stadler
נגיד שהמלחמה
נגיד שהמלחמה
נַגִּיד שֶׁהַמִּלְחָמָה כָּאן הָיְתָה מֵאַהֲבָה
אוֹיֵב מְדֻכָּא סְחוּף אַהֲבָה
כִּבּוּשׁ חַד-צְדָדִי הֲדָדִי מֵאַהֲבָה
הִתְנַחֲלֻיּוֹת הוֹמוֹת רוֹחֲשׁוֹת אַהֲבָה
עֵינֵי מַטִּיפִים בַּמִּסְגָּדִים זוֹעֲקוֹת אַהֲבָה
בְּמַחֲנוֹת הַפְּלִיטִים קִירוֹת מֻכְתָּמִים סִיסְמְאוֹת אַהֲבָה
חֲדָשׁוֹת כָּל שָׁעָה מִשְׁפָּטִים מְתוּקִים זָבִים אַהֲבָה
מַחְסוֹמִים גִּדְרוֹת תַּיִל שְׁלוּפִים דּוֹקְרָנֵי אַהֲבָה
טֶרוֹרִיסְטִים מִסְתַּנְּנִים לַקַּנְיוֹנִים חֲגוּרִים אַהֲבָה
.דּוּקִיּוּם מִלָּה נְבוּבָה זַחַל פָּרוּק שֶׁל נַגְמַ"שׁ אַהֲבָה
© 2005, Shai Dotan
From: On the Verge
Publisher: Am Oved, Tel Aviv
From: On the Verge
Publisher: Am Oved, Tel Aviv
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LET\'S PRETEND THAT THE WAR
Let’s pretend that the war here was made of loveAn oppressed enemy swept away by love
A mutual, one-sided occupation of love
Bustling settlements swarming with love
The eyes of preachers in mosques bellowing love
In refugee camps, walls stained with slogans of love
The news every hour, sugared announcements dripping love
Roadblocks with barbed wires in the name of love
Terrorists infiltrating shopping malls buckled with love
Coexistence, a hollow word, an abandoned tank made of love.
© 2009, Ohad Stadler
From: On the Verge
From: On the Verge
LET\'S PRETEND THAT THE WAR
Let’s pretend that the war here was made of loveAn oppressed enemy swept away by love
A mutual, one-sided occupation of love
Bustling settlements swarming with love
The eyes of preachers in mosques bellowing love
In refugee camps, walls stained with slogans of love
The news every hour, sugared announcements dripping love
Roadblocks with barbed wires in the name of love
Terrorists infiltrating shopping malls buckled with love
Coexistence, a hollow word, an abandoned tank made of love.
© 2009, Ohad Stadler
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