Poem
Aharon Almog
ON THE SILENCE OF THE YEMENITES
Yemenites from the transit camp came to my grandfather’s housesat and kept silent
while one sang the other waited
so I was raised between howling
and silence
now they’ve installed a telephone for my father and he sits
waiting for a ring
for 80 years he was silent and his ancestors kept silent
now he wants someone to hear what he says
© Translation: 2012, Lisa Katz
ON THE SILENCE OF THE YEMENITES
© 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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ON THE SILENCE OF THE YEMENITES
Yemenites from the transit camp came to my grandfather’s housesat and kept silent
while one sang the other waited
so I was raised between howling
and silence
now they’ve installed a telephone for my father and he sits
waiting for a ring
for 80 years he was silent and his ancestors kept silent
now he wants someone to hear what he says
© 2012, Lisa Katz
From: If you see a sukkah flying
From: If you see a sukkah flying
ON THE SILENCE OF THE YEMENITES
Yemenites from the transit camp came to my grandfather’s housesat and kept silent
while one sang the other waited
so I was raised between howling
and silence
now they’ve installed a telephone for my father and he sits
waiting for a ring
for 80 years he was silent and his ancestors kept silent
now he wants someone to hear what he says
© 2012, Lisa Katz
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