Poem
Amichai Chasson
The Moon Grove*
at night howling is heardin the heart of Jerusalem
and whoever cannot sleep
goes out to search the empty streets
where a rebellious jackal walks among us
and sometimes in the Moon Grove
a man may be found sitting under a towering pine
a burning bush consumes at his feet
his hands coal and his voice
the voice of the jackal
© Translation: 2018, Lisa Katz
*a public park in the west Jerusalem neighborhood of Talbiya.
חורשת ירח
חורשת ירח
בַּלַּיְלָה נִשְׁמַעַת יְלָלָה
בְּלִבָּהּ שֶׁל יְרוּשָׁלַיִם
וּמִי שֶׁאֵינוֹ נִרְדָּם יוֹצֵא לְחַפֵּשׂ
בִּרְחוֹבוֹת רֵיקִים מֵאָדָם
תַּן סוֹרֵר מְהַלֵּךְ בֵּינֵינוּ
וְיֵשׁ שֶׁנִּמְצָא בְּחֻרְשַׁת הַיָּרֵחַ
אָדָם יוֹשֵׁב תַּחַת הָאֹרֶן הָרָם
וּסְנֶה בּוֹעֵר לְרַגְלָיו אֻכָּל
וְיָדָיו פֶּחָם וְקוֹלוֹ קוֹל הַתַּן
בְּלִבָּהּ שֶׁל יְרוּשָׁלַיִם
וּמִי שֶׁאֵינוֹ נִרְדָּם יוֹצֵא לְחַפֵּשׂ
בִּרְחוֹבוֹת רֵיקִים מֵאָדָם
תַּן סוֹרֵר מְהַלֵּךְ בֵּינֵינוּ
וְיֵשׁ שֶׁנִּמְצָא בְּחֻרְשַׁת הַיָּרֵחַ
אָדָם יוֹשֵׁב תַּחַת הָאֹרֶן הָרָם
וּסְנֶה בּוֹעֵר לְרַגְלָיו אֻכָּל
וְיָדָיו פֶּחָם וְקוֹלוֹ קוֹל הַתַּן
© 2015, Amichai Chasson
From: Bli ma
Publisher: Even Hoshen, Raanana
From: Bli ma
Publisher: Even Hoshen, Raanana
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The Moon Grove*
at night howling is heardin the heart of Jerusalem
and whoever cannot sleep
goes out to search the empty streets
where a rebellious jackal walks among us
and sometimes in the Moon Grove
a man may be found sitting under a towering pine
a burning bush consumes at his feet
his hands coal and his voice
the voice of the jackal
© 2018, Lisa Katz
From: Bli ma
From: Bli ma
The Moon Grove*
at night howling is heardin the heart of Jerusalem
and whoever cannot sleep
goes out to search the empty streets
where a rebellious jackal walks among us
and sometimes in the Moon Grove
a man may be found sitting under a towering pine
a burning bush consumes at his feet
his hands coal and his voice
the voice of the jackal
© 2018, Lisa Katz
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