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Dan Pagis
MISTAKES
You think I’ve finally arrived, but theseare only the first heavy footsteps of rain.
You think it’s a new sorrow, but it’s
only a whitewashed wall from time immemorial.
It’s temptation twisting and turning, you think,
but it’s only a silken paper snake.
You think it’s a single gun shot,
but only the wind slamming a door.
You think it’s me,
but it’s only me.
© Translation: 2010, Lisa Katz
MISTAKES
© 1991, Hakibbutz Hameuchad and the Bialik Institute
From: Kol Hashirim Dan Pagis
Publisher: Hakibbutz Hameuchad and the Bialik Institute, Tel Aviv & Jerusalem
From: Kol Hashirim Dan Pagis
Publisher: Hakibbutz Hameuchad and the Bialik Institute, Tel Aviv & Jerusalem
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MISTAKES
From: Kol Hashirim Dan Pagis
MISTAKES
You think I’ve finally arrived, but theseare only the first heavy footsteps of rain.
You think it’s a new sorrow, but it’s
only a whitewashed wall from time immemorial.
It’s temptation twisting and turning, you think,
but it’s only a silken paper snake.
You think it’s a single gun shot,
but only the wind slamming a door.
You think it’s me,
but it’s only me.
© 2010, Lisa Katz
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