Poem
Eli Eliahu
THE POEM
Like a shellwashed on the beach,
nothing’s in it to hint what occurs
in the depths,
but once in a while
someone will bend to lift it from grains
of sand, and when they take it in their hands
their eyes will deepen; a mute thought
will flutter a moment,
slip
through all the fishermen’s nets.
© Translation: 2019, Marcel Sulak
השיר
השיר
כְּמוֹ צֶדֶף
שֶׁנּוֹתָר עַל הַחוֹף,
אֵין בּוֹ אֶלָּא רֶמֶז לַמִּתְרַחֵשׁ
בַּמְּצוּלוֹת.
אֲבָל מִפַּעַם לְפַעַם
מִישֶׁהוּ יִרְכֹּן וְיִטֹּל אוֹתוֹ מִבֵּין גַּרְגְּרֵי
הַחוֹל, וּבְשָׁעָה שֶׁיְּגַלְגֵּל אוֹתוֹ בְּאֶצְבְּעוֹתָיו
יַעֲמִיקוּ עֵינָיו, וּמַחְשָׁבָה אִלֶּמֶת
תְּפַרְפֵּר בּוֹ רֶגַע
וְתַחְמֹק
מִכָּל רִשְׁתוֹת הַדַּיָּגִים.
שֶׁנּוֹתָר עַל הַחוֹף,
אֵין בּוֹ אֶלָּא רֶמֶז לַמִּתְרַחֵשׁ
בַּמְּצוּלוֹת.
אֲבָל מִפַּעַם לְפַעַם
מִישֶׁהוּ יִרְכֹּן וְיִטֹּל אוֹתוֹ מִבֵּין גַּרְגְּרֵי
הַחוֹל, וּבְשָׁעָה שֶׁיְּגַלְגֵּל אוֹתוֹ בְּאֶצְבְּעוֹתָיו
יַעֲמִיקוּ עֵינָיו, וּמַחְשָׁבָה אִלֶּמֶת
תְּפַרְפֵּר בּוֹ רֶגַע
וְתַחְמֹק
מִכָּל רִשְׁתוֹת הַדַּיָּגִים.
© 2008, Eli Eliahu
From: I and not an Angel
Publisher: Helicon, Tel Aviv
From: I and not an Angel
Publisher: Helicon, Tel Aviv
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THE POEM
Like a shellwashed on the beach,
nothing’s in it to hint what occurs
in the depths,
but once in a while
someone will bend to lift it from grains
of sand, and when they take it in their hands
their eyes will deepen; a mute thought
will flutter a moment,
slip
through all the fishermen’s nets.
© 2019, Marcel Sulak
From: I and not an Angel
From: I and not an Angel
THE POEM
Like a shellwashed on the beach,
nothing’s in it to hint what occurs
in the depths,
but once in a while
someone will bend to lift it from grains
of sand, and when they take it in their hands
their eyes will deepen; a mute thought
will flutter a moment,
slip
through all the fishermen’s nets.
© 2019, Marcel Sulak
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