Poem
Gili Haimovich
DRENCHED
Sometimes it’s obvious that I can’t be saved.This doesn’t mean I don’t need saving.
If possible, I’d rather not be singled out in public, please.
If I dare
to look around,
some place
will look back at me.
It will show me that everything’s drenched in longing,
that everyone has the ability to be drenched in longing.
So soaked
that soon cleavage
begins to drip.
© Translation: 2014, Lisa Katz
רווּי
רווּי
לִפְעָמִים יוֹתֵר מִדַּי בָּרוּר שֶׁאֵינִי יְכוֹלָה לְהִנָּצֵל.
אֵין זֶה אוֹמֵר שֶׁאֵין צֹרֶךְ לְהַצִּילֵנִי.
רַק אִם אֶפְשָׁר, אֲנִי מַעְדִּיפָה, שֶׁלֹּא לִהְיוֹת בּוֹדֵדָה בְּפֻמְבִּי, בְּבַקָּשָׁה.
אִם אָעֵז
לְהִסְתַּכֵּל סָבִיב,
הַמָּקוֹם הוּא זֶה
שֶׁיִּתְבּוֹנֵן בִּי חֲזָרָה.
יַרְאֶה לִי אֵיךְ הַכֹּל בְּעֶצֶם כְּבָר סְפוּג גַּעְגּוּעִים,
אֵיךְ לַכֹּל יֵשׁ אֶת הַיְּכֹלֶת לִהְיוֹת סְפוּג גַּעְגּוּעִים.
כָּל כָּךְ רָווּי
תֵּכֶף יְטַפְטֵף
הַמַּחְשׂוֹף
אֵין זֶה אוֹמֵר שֶׁאֵין צֹרֶךְ לְהַצִּילֵנִי.
רַק אִם אֶפְשָׁר, אֲנִי מַעְדִּיפָה, שֶׁלֹּא לִהְיוֹת בּוֹדֵדָה בְּפֻמְבִּי, בְּבַקָּשָׁה.
אִם אָעֵז
לְהִסְתַּכֵּל סָבִיב,
הַמָּקוֹם הוּא זֶה
שֶׁיִּתְבּוֹנֵן בִּי חֲזָרָה.
יַרְאֶה לִי אֵיךְ הַכֹּל בְּעֶצֶם כְּבָר סְפוּג גַּעְגּוּעִים,
אֵיךְ לַכֹּל יֵשׁ אֶת הַיְּכֹלֶת לִהְיוֹת סְפוּג גַּעְגּוּעִים.
כָּל כָּךְ רָווּי
תֵּכֶף יְטַפְטֵף
הַמַּחְשׂוֹף
© 2014, Gili Haimovich
From: Baby Girl
Publisher: Emda, Tel Aviv
From: Baby Girl
Publisher: Emda, Tel Aviv
Poems
Poems of Gili Haimovich
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DRENCHED
Sometimes it’s obvious that I can’t be saved.This doesn’t mean I don’t need saving.
If possible, I’d rather not be singled out in public, please.
If I dare
to look around,
some place
will look back at me.
It will show me that everything’s drenched in longing,
that everyone has the ability to be drenched in longing.
So soaked
that soon cleavage
begins to drip.
© 2014, Lisa Katz
From: Baby Girl
From: Baby Girl
DRENCHED
Sometimes it’s obvious that I can’t be saved.This doesn’t mean I don’t need saving.
If possible, I’d rather not be singled out in public, please.
If I dare
to look around,
some place
will look back at me.
It will show me that everything’s drenched in longing,
that everyone has the ability to be drenched in longing.
So soaked
that soon cleavage
begins to drip.
© 2014, Lisa Katz
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