Poem
Yehuda Vizan
Ezra
EzraEzra
O Ezra
You're a Gentile
And yet you're an Ezra.
And he who does not know
can get confused as hell
such as
the biggest publisher in Israel
who never heard of him
and asked
or one should say –
he said
(when I presented him
with a book, your collected
works in Hebrew):
“Tell me,
this Ezra guy, did he share the costs?
and I said no.
and he said
he doesn't understand
my financial model
but I understood
his.
עזרא
עזרא
עֶזְרָא.
עֶזְרָא.
יַא עֶזְרָא.
אַתָּה גּוֹי
וּבְכָל זֹאת עֶזְרָא.
וּמִי שֶׁלֹּא יוֹדֵעַ
עֲלוּל לְהִתְבַּלְבֵּל
כְּמוֹ לְמָשָׁל,
הַמּוֹ"ל הֲכִי גָּדוֹל בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל
שֶׁלֹּא שָׁמַע
שָׁאַל,
אוֹ שֶׁמָּא
(יֵשׁ לוֹמַר) – אָמַר
(כְּשֶׁהִצַּגְתִּי בְּפָנָיו תּוֹצָר מֻגְמָר
מִבְחַר
כְּתָבֶיךָ בְּעִבְרִית):
"תַּגִּיד, וְהָעֶזְרָא הַזֶּה, הוּא
הִשְׁתַּתֵּף בַּהוֹצָאוֹת?"
וַאֲנִי אָמַרְתִּי שֶׁלֹּא.
וְהוּא אָמַר שֶׁהוּא אֵינוֹ מֵבִין
אֶת הַמּוֹדֶל הַכַּלְכָּלִי
שֶׁלִּי.
אֲבָל אֲנִי
הֵבַנְתִּי אֶת שֶׁלּוֹ
עֶזְרָא.
יַא עֶזְרָא.
אַתָּה גּוֹי
וּבְכָל זֹאת עֶזְרָא.
וּמִי שֶׁלֹּא יוֹדֵעַ
עֲלוּל לְהִתְבַּלְבֵּל
כְּמוֹ לְמָשָׁל,
הַמּוֹ"ל הֲכִי גָּדוֹל בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל
שֶׁלֹּא שָׁמַע
שָׁאַל,
אוֹ שֶׁמָּא
(יֵשׁ לוֹמַר) – אָמַר
(כְּשֶׁהִצַּגְתִּי בְּפָנָיו תּוֹצָר מֻגְמָר
מִבְחַר
כְּתָבֶיךָ בְּעִבְרִית):
"תַּגִּיד, וְהָעֶזְרָא הַזֶּה, הוּא
הִשְׁתַּתֵּף בַּהוֹצָאוֹת?"
וַאֲנִי אָמַרְתִּי שֶׁלֹּא.
וְהוּא אָמַר שֶׁהוּא אֵינוֹ מֵבִין
אֶת הַמּוֹדֶל הַכַּלְכָּלִי
שֶׁלִּי.
אֲבָל אֲנִי
הֵבַנְתִּי אֶת שֶׁלּוֹ
© 2017, Yehuda Vizan
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Ezra
EzraEzra
O Ezra
You're a Gentile
And yet you're an Ezra.
And he who does not know
can get confused as hell
such as
the biggest publisher in Israel
who never heard of him
and asked
or one should say –
he said
(when I presented him
with a book, your collected
works in Hebrew):
“Tell me,
this Ezra guy, did he share the costs?
and I said no.
and he said
he doesn't understand
my financial model
but I understood
his.
Ezra
EzraEzra
O Ezra
You're a Gentile
And yet you're an Ezra.
And he who does not know
can get confused as hell
such as
the biggest publisher in Israel
who never heard of him
and asked
or one should say –
he said
(when I presented him
with a book, your collected
works in Hebrew):
“Tell me,
this Ezra guy, did he share the costs?
and I said no.
and he said
he doesn't understand
my financial model
but I understood
his.
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