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Ory Bernstein

NEWS

The wind trembled all night, building after building.
On my bed, on my back, I
dress you in a body, then take it off.

A thin, blazing thread remains of you,
a single gesture that strays and glides.
The wind trembled all night, threatening to destroy us.
At dawn they came and said: News.

Yet nothing was heard. The tree recoiled.
The light, filled with steps and disappearances,
made the walls, it made a bed. You

are asleep and distancing. After all,
to return, at dawn, here.

בשורה

בשורה

כל הלילה רעד הרוח, בנינים בנינים.
על מיטתי, על הגב, אני
מלביש אותך גוף ומסיר ממך גוף.

חוט דק ולוהט נותר מעמך,
תנועה יחידה, נסוטה ודואה.
כל הלילה רעד רוח וקם עלינו לכלות.
לפנות בוקר באו ואמרו: בשורה.

אך לא נשמע דבר. העץ נרתע.
האור, כולו פסיעות והסתלקות,
עשה קירות, עשה מיטה. את

ישנה ומרחיקה. אחרי הכל
לשוב, לפנות הבוקר, הנה.
 
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NEWS

The wind trembled all night, building after building.
On my bed, on my back, I
dress you in a body, then take it off.

A thin, blazing thread remains of you,
a single gesture that strays and glides.
The wind trembled all night, threatening to destroy us.
At dawn they came and said: News.

Yet nothing was heard. The tree recoiled.
The light, filled with steps and disappearances,
made the walls, it made a bed. You

are asleep and distancing. After all,
to return, at dawn, here.

NEWS

The wind trembled all night, building after building.
On my bed, on my back, I
dress you in a body, then take it off.

A thin, blazing thread remains of you,
a single gesture that strays and glides.
The wind trembled all night, threatening to destroy us.
At dawn they came and said: News.

Yet nothing was heard. The tree recoiled.
The light, filled with steps and disappearances,
made the walls, it made a bed. You

are asleep and distancing. After all,
to return, at dawn, here.
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