שירה

Have you lived — On a numbered avenue, Did you wonder, can I walk them all the way down to number zero, or all the way up, to…

I knew a man He survived the camps on his good looks. Can I survive a party On mine? One boy’s blue eyes found him favor with the…

And I was making speeches Trying to straighten creases, Pushing all the blemishes off your body. expunging all complexity Then Night fell And everything was straight. Oh how…

Morning shined new and bright, by mid afternoon ready to die, in the evening drunk, and then it was morning again.

הַחֶרֶשׁ הָיָה, לִבְּךָ? הֶחָדָשׁ, נֶעֱלָם, לָךְ מִשְׁפָּט, וַאֲנִי הִקְשִׁיתִי, הִקִישוּ עֲלִי, קָשֶׁה מִדַּי.   נִשְׁבַּר לִי, צָעֲקוּ מַזָּל טוֹב! מָה רְאִיתֶם, חָשַׁבְתִּי ראֹשִׁי. רִיבֵי דִמַעְת עַרשֹי, לָכֶם יִהְיֶה…

All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players. They have no scripts and no lines. Curtains never rise and directors never cue. All…

לֹא דִּבַּרְנוּ. אַף מַבָּט לֹא הֶחֱלַפְנוּ. אִם תִּשְׁאַל: הנפגשנו? לֹא אֵדַע לַעֲנוֹת. זוֹ הִפְגִּישָׁה עִם הָאֱלֹהוּת.