Poem
Aharon Almog
THE DONKEYS HAVE DISAPPEARED
the donkeys have disappeared from this landa sycamore died trees of the field mourn
the mountains won’t skip*
the hills won’t applaud
spring is over summer is done
and they always tell you what to do go here
go there come back pay this
and you do what they tell you go here
go there and pay this
worn down you return over the years
like the dust that collects on your desk
recall the things you have forgotten
© Translation: 2012, Lisa Katz
Psalm 114: “When Israel went out of Egypt [. . .] the mountains skipped like rams”
THE DONKEYS HAVE DISAPPEARED
© 2004, Hakibbutz Hameuchad
From: If you see a sukkah flying
Publisher: Hakibbutz Hameuchad, Tel Aviv
From: If you see a sukkah flying
Publisher: Hakibbutz Hameuchad, Tel Aviv
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THE DONKEYS HAVE DISAPPEARED
the donkeys have disappeared from this landa sycamore died trees of the field mourn
the mountains won’t skip*
the hills won’t applaud
spring is over summer is done
and they always tell you what to do go here
go there come back pay this
and you do what they tell you go here
go there and pay this
worn down you return over the years
like the dust that collects on your desk
recall the things you have forgotten
© 2012, Lisa Katz
From: If you see a sukkah flying
From: If you see a sukkah flying
THE DONKEYS HAVE DISAPPEARED
the donkeys have disappeared from this landa sycamore died trees of the field mourn
the mountains won’t skip*
the hills won’t applaud
spring is over summer is done
and they always tell you what to do go here
go there come back pay this
and you do what they tell you go here
go there and pay this
worn down you return over the years
like the dust that collects on your desk
recall the things you have forgotten
© 2012, Lisa Katz
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