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A fire [of joy] is kindled within me, when I recall [the spiritual climate] when I was in Yemen,
[But] my soul [descended to] abysmal depths and was immensely astounded when I came to Zion.
The Jews…
Contributor:
Shalom Rada’i
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1951
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God has pity on kindergarten children,
He pities school children—less.
But adults he pities not at all.
He abandons them,
And sometimes they have to crawl on all fours
In the scorching sand
To reach…
Contributor:
Yehuda Amichai
Places:
Jerusalem, Israel
Date:
1955
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This small volume which I now present to you, my fellow readers, is an offshoot of the numerous saplings that I have planted for myself over the course of many days, nay years; for ever…
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Abraham Ber Gottlober
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Józefów, Kingdom of Poland
(Józefów, Poland)
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1837
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Job said in reply to the Lord:
See, I am of small worth; what can I answer You?
I clap my hand to my mouth.
I have spoken once, and will not reply;
Twice, and will do so no more.
Then the Lord…
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A compilation containing all the techniques of poetry simply put; covering all the principles, meters, rhymes, correct methods, and true rules; sifted and clarified; solid as a bronze mirror, such…
Contributor:
Joshua Benveniste
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1635
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Else Lasker-Schüler
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Berlin, German Empire
(Berlin, Germany)
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1913
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I will raise the matter of trimming the beard
He trims it away like leaven [on the eve of Passover]
He leaves only a small goatee.
One more…
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Unknown
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16th Century