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At the time when the florid season,
joyful springtime of life,
the tender infancy of its ardent age,
made its first step in the Orient
placing flower before Aprils
to my first juvenile…
Contributor:
Diego Basurto Henríquez
Places:
Rouen, Kingdom of France (Rouen, France)
Date:
1649
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Eagle! Eagle on your hilltops, eagle flying o’er your hills!
Slow and buoyant—it seems a moment—only floating as it wills;
Floating, sailing through blue seas, hearing notes of sung delight
Filling…
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Saul Tschernikovsky
Places:
Mandate Palestine (Israel, Israel)
Date:
1936
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Fabius Lind’s days are running out in blood.
Red serpents of failures empty his veins.
In his head—white muddy stains. Confusion.
And a heavy load on his heart.
He could have . . .
He could have . .…
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A. Leyeles
Places:
New York City, United States of America
Date:
1937
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A gush of joy in the pipe,
The pipes, the arteries of the Negev,
This is the course of the song,
From the faucet to the clod
The water of the depths ascends.
A pump means bread!
Negev, Negev, what’s…
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Yehiel Mohar
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1954
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Oh prairie, endless prairie,
The eyes of the herdsmen look out:
Not a bush, not a thistle, not a tree,
A new wind comes to the desert.
Over forlorn expanses the song of the herdsmen
Will sound and…
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Yaakov Orland
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1955
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Shepherds had dug a well in the field
but herds of others encircled it.
They left, roaming the mountain trails,
the shepherds who had dug it.
Oh, oh, oh! Desert oases . . .
the lanes of the herd…
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Emanuel Zamir
Places:
Jerusalem, Israel
Date:
1956
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One moment of silence, please. If you please. I
would like to say something. He walked
right past me. I could have touched the hem
of his mantle. I did not touch it. Who could have
known what I did…
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Natan Zach
Places:
Haifa, Israel
Date:
1960
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At the time for words, father, my adonai, leave it in my hands, the
shame that I don’t feel, and assign to me the job of justification,
what they call history.
The fact is that every land has its…
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Luisa Futoransky
Places:
Rome, Italy
Date:
1972
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From the cradle to the grave,
A heavy burden crushes us . . .
Constrains the mind, destroys our strength,
Wreathes our brow with thorns . . .
And yet, with amazing power
Our lips run along the…
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Aleksander Kraushar
Places:
Russian Empire (Poland, Poland)
Date:
1890
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If Tarshish would hand out its gold and diamonds
And the deep waters a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst
What does it have to do with me? And why should I ask for it?
While I am alive I will not be…
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Saliman Menahem Mani
Places:
French Protectorate of Tunisia (Tunisia, Tunisia)
Date:
1894