Poem
David Avidan
A FEW PLANS FOR THE FUTURE
Let me be a mummy.Wake me
once every thousand years with a shot of undiluted adrenalin, and then
I’ll burn Rome again, report on the event
with a pale face and a pounding heart, first I’ll castrate
all the barbarian warriors who conquered the city, possess
all their young women, so there’ll be
things to burn and men to castrate
in another thousand years. I have
patience for long-run missions.
© Translation: 2010, Lisa Katz
קצתוֹכניות לעתיד
קצתוֹכניות לעתיד
הַנִּיחוּ לִי לִהְיוֹת מוּמְיָה.
הָעִירוּ אוֹתִי
אַחַת לְאֶלֶף שָׁנָה בִּזְרִיקַת אַדְרֶנָלִין מְרֻכֶּזֶת, וְאָז
אֶשְׂרֹף מֵחָדָשׁ אֶת רוֹמָא, אֲדַוֵּחַ עַל הָאֵרוּעַ
בְּפָנִים חִוְּרִים וּבְלֵב נִפְעָם, אֲסָרֵס מֵרֹאשׁ
אֶת כָּל הַלּוֹחֲמִים הַבַּרְבָּרִים, שֶׁיַּעֲלוּ עָלֶיהָ, אֶבְעַל
אֶת נְשׁוֹתֵיהֶם הַצְּעִירוֹת, כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּהְיֶה
מַה לִּשְׂרֹף וּמַה לְּסָרֵס כַּעֲבֹר
אֶלֶף שָׁנִים נוֹסָפוֹת. יֵשׁ לִי
סַבְלָנוּת לִמְשִׂימוֹת אֲרוּכּוֹטְּוָח.
© 1964, David Avidan
From: Something for Somebody
Publisher: Sifriyat Hapoalim, Tel Aviv
From: Something for Somebody
Publisher: Sifriyat Hapoalim, Tel Aviv
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A FEW PLANS FOR THE FUTURE
Let me be a mummy.Wake me
once every thousand years with a shot of undiluted adrenalin, and then
I’ll burn Rome again, report on the event
with a pale face and a pounding heart, first I’ll castrate
all the barbarian warriors who conquered the city, possess
all their young women, so there’ll be
things to burn and men to castrate
in another thousand years. I have
patience for long-run missions.
© 2010, Lisa Katz
From: Something for Somebody
From: Something for Somebody
A FEW PLANS FOR THE FUTURE
Let me be a mummy.Wake me
once every thousand years with a shot of undiluted adrenalin, and then
I’ll burn Rome again, report on the event
with a pale face and a pounding heart, first I’ll castrate
all the barbarian warriors who conquered the city, possess
all their young women, so there’ll be
things to burn and men to castrate
in another thousand years. I have
patience for long-run missions.
© 2010, Lisa Katz
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