Poem
Mordechai Geldman
I had a revelation
I had a revelation
at the SuperCenter in the mall
I was trying on a polo shirt
of an apple-green shade
and between the two mirrors
I saw my face
and my exposed chest
and it occurred to me that I am ripening
and that soon I will drop like an apple
and will crash onto the warm ground
and a thump will sound
and the earth will not shake
and the sea will not flood
and the sun and moon will not go dark
© Translation: 2013, Tsipi Keller
I had a revelation
הָיְתָה לִי הֶאָרָה
בַּסּוּפֶּרְסֶנְטֶר שֶׁבַּסֶּנְטֶר –
עוֹדֶנִּי מוֹדֵד חֻלְצַת פּוֹלוֹ
בְּגָוֶן שֶׁל יָרֹק תַּפּוּחַ
וּבֵין שְׁתֵּי מַרְאוֹת
רָאִיתִי אֶת פָּנַי
וְאֶת קֶטַע גּוּפִי הֶחָשׂוּף
וְהִבְלִיחַ לִי שֶׁאֲנִי מַבְשִׁיל
וְעוֹד מְעַט אֶנְשֹׁר כְּתַפּוּחַ
וְאֵחָבֵט בָּאֲדָמָה הַחַמָּה
וּצְלִיל חֲבָטָה יִשָּׁמַע
וְהָאָרֶץ לֹא תִּרְעַד
וְהַיָּם לֹא יִגְאֶה
וְהַמְּאוֹרוֹת לֹא יִלְקוּ
© 2011, Mordechai Geldman
From: Halachti Shanim Le-Tzidcha
Publisher: Hakibbutz Hameuchad, Mossad Bialik, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem
From: Halachti Shanim Le-Tzidcha
Publisher: Hakibbutz Hameuchad, Mossad Bialik, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem
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I had a revelation
I had a revelation
at the SuperCenter in the mall
I was trying on a polo shirt
of an apple-green shade
and between the two mirrors
I saw my face
and my exposed chest
and it occurred to me that I am ripening
and that soon I will drop like an apple
and will crash onto the warm ground
and a thump will sound
and the earth will not shake
and the sea will not flood
and the sun and moon will not go dark
© 2013, Tsipi Keller
From: Halachti Shanim Le-Tzidcha
From: Halachti Shanim Le-Tzidcha
I had a revelation
I had a revelation
at the SuperCenter in the mall
I was trying on a polo shirt
of an apple-green shade
and between the two mirrors
I saw my face
and my exposed chest
and it occurred to me that I am ripening
and that soon I will drop like an apple
and will crash onto the warm ground
and a thump will sound
and the earth will not shake
and the sea will not flood
and the sun and moon will not go dark
© 2013, Tsipi Keller
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