Poem
Shai Dotan
POETRY INFLUENCES THE WORLD
My wife grew a beak.I think the poetry did it
I might have exaggerated a bit
with the bird metaphor. See,
I told her, poetry influences the world.
Was she offended. She didn't express it
with words, but a nervous twitch of the neck,
the jumpiness in her heels
gave her away. It didn't help
that I bothered to dice vegetables and bake bread.
The moment I opened the window
my wife spread her arms.
© Translation: 2009, Ohad Stadler
השירה משפיעה על העולם
השירה משפיעה על העולם
אִשְׁתִּי הִצְמִיחָה מַקּוֹר
.אֲנִי חוֹשֵׁב שֶׁזֶּה בִּגְלַל הַשִּׁירָה
מִשּׁוּם שֶׁהִגְזַמְתִּי קְצָת
,עִם הַדִּמּוּי שֶׁל הַצִּפּוֹר. הִנֵּה
.אָמַרְתִּי לָהּ, הַשִּׁירָה מַשְׁפִּיעָה עַל הָעוֹלָם
אֵיךְ שֶׁהִיא נֶעֶלְבָה. הִיא לֹא אָמְרָה
בְּמִלִּים, אֲבָל הַנִּיעַ הָעַצְבָּנִי שֶׁל הַצַּוָּאר
וְהַדְּרִיכוּת הַקְּפִיצִית בָּרַגְלַיִם
הִסְגִּירוּ הַכֹּל. לֹא עָזַר
.שֶׁטָּרַחְתִּי לִקְצֹץ סָלָט, לְטַגֵּן חֲבִיתוֹת
בָּרֶגַע שֶׁפָּתַחְתִּי חַלּוֹן
.פָּרְשָׂה שְׁתֵּי זְרוֹעוֹת
© 2009, Shai Dotan
From: The Poems I Didn\'t Write
Publisher: Am Oved, Tel Aviv
From: The Poems I Didn\'t Write
Publisher: Am Oved, Tel Aviv
Poems
Poems of Shai Dotan
Close
POETRY INFLUENCES THE WORLD
My wife grew a beak.I think the poetry did it
I might have exaggerated a bit
with the bird metaphor. See,
I told her, poetry influences the world.
Was she offended. She didn't express it
with words, but a nervous twitch of the neck,
the jumpiness in her heels
gave her away. It didn't help
that I bothered to dice vegetables and bake bread.
The moment I opened the window
my wife spread her arms.
© 2009, Ohad Stadler
From: The Poems I Didn\'t Write
From: The Poems I Didn\'t Write
POETRY INFLUENCES THE WORLD
My wife grew a beak.I think the poetry did it
I might have exaggerated a bit
with the bird metaphor. See,
I told her, poetry influences the world.
Was she offended. She didn't express it
with words, but a nervous twitch of the neck,
the jumpiness in her heels
gave her away. It didn't help
that I bothered to dice vegetables and bake bread.
The moment I opened the window
my wife spread her arms.
© 2009, Ohad Stadler
Sponsors
Partners
LantarenVenster – Verhalenhuis Belvédère