Poem
Shimon Adaf
SOMEONE WRITES ABOUT ANOTHER
I have nothing wholeof my own.
Even my parents
in a way silence something
in small vortices of air
under bladestrokes
of suns rising to shine.
And between us there is nothing but
a great cycle of blood and stars
that traps us without end
in its turning, like a
blender.
© Translation: 2004, Vivian Eden
מישהו כותב על אחר
מישהו כותב על אחר
אֵין לִי דָּבָר שָׁלֵם
מִשֶּׁל עַצְמִי.
אֲפִילוּ הַהוֹרִים שֶׁלִּי
שׁוֹתְקִים מַשֶּׁהוּ
בְּמַעַרְבּוֹלוֹת אֲוִיר קְטַנּוֹת,
תַּחַת אִבְחוֹת לְהָבִים שֶׁל
שְׁמָשׁוֹת קָמוֹת לִזְרֹחַ.
וְאֵין בֵּינֵינוּ דָּבָר מִלְּבַד
מַחֲזוֹר גָּדוֹל שֶׁל דָּם וְכוֹכָבִים
הַלּוֹכֵד אוֹתָנוּ לְלֹא
הֶרֶף בְּסִבּוּבוֹ, כְּמוֹ
מַמְחֶה.
מִשֶּׁל עַצְמִי.
אֲפִילוּ הַהוֹרִים שֶׁלִּי
שׁוֹתְקִים מַשֶּׁהוּ
בְּמַעַרְבּוֹלוֹת אֲוִיר קְטַנּוֹת,
תַּחַת אִבְחוֹת לְהָבִים שֶׁל
שְׁמָשׁוֹת קָמוֹת לִזְרֹחַ.
וְאֵין בֵּינֵינוּ דָּבָר מִלְּבַד
מַחֲזוֹר גָּדוֹל שֶׁל דָּם וְכוֹכָבִים
הַלּוֹכֵד אוֹתָנוּ לְלֹא
הֶרֶף בְּסִבּוּבוֹ, כְּמוֹ
מַמְחֶה.
© 1997, Shimon Adaf
From: Ha-monolog shel Iqarus/Icarus\' Monologue
Publisher: Gvanim, Tel Aviv
From: Ha-monolog shel Iqarus/Icarus\' Monologue
Publisher: Gvanim, Tel Aviv
Poems
Poems of Shimon Adaf
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SOMEONE WRITES ABOUT ANOTHER
I have nothing wholeof my own.
Even my parents
in a way silence something
in small vortices of air
under bladestrokes
of suns rising to shine.
And between us there is nothing but
a great cycle of blood and stars
that traps us without end
in its turning, like a
blender.
© 2004, Vivian Eden
From: Ha-monolog shel Iqarus/Icarus\' Monologue
From: Ha-monolog shel Iqarus/Icarus\' Monologue
SOMEONE WRITES ABOUT ANOTHER
I have nothing wholeof my own.
Even my parents
in a way silence something
in small vortices of air
under bladestrokes
of suns rising to shine.
And between us there is nothing but
a great cycle of blood and stars
that traps us without end
in its turning, like a
blender.
© 2004, Vivian Eden
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