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T. Carmi
THAT NIGHT
She said that he was her sun,that her light and her warmth and her goodness
came from him.
He said that she was his sun,
and that his light and his warmth and his goodness
came from her.
That night a moon rose;
it did not find its twin faces
in the sea.
© Translation: 1983, JPS and Grace Schulman
From: At the Stone of Losses
Publisher: Jewish Publication Society & University of California Press, Philadelphia, PA & Berkeley, CA, 1983
The Hebrew original of this poem has been set to music: see the link on the poet page.
From: At the Stone of Losses
Publisher: Jewish Publication Society & University of California Press, Philadelphia, PA & Berkeley, CA, 1983
THAT NIGHT
© 1994, Dvir
From: T. Carmi: Poems 1951-1994
Publisher: Dvir, Tel Aviv
From: T. Carmi: Poems 1951-1994
Publisher: Dvir, Tel Aviv
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THAT NIGHT
She said that he was her sun,that her light and her warmth and her goodness
came from him.
He said that she was his sun,
and that his light and his warmth and his goodness
came from her.
That night a moon rose;
it did not find its twin faces
in the sea.
© 1983, JPS and Grace Schulman
From: At the Stone of Losses
Publisher: 1983, Jewish Publication Society & University of California Press, Philadelphia, PA & Berkeley, CA
From: At the Stone of Losses
Publisher: 1983, Jewish Publication Society & University of California Press, Philadelphia, PA & Berkeley, CA
THAT NIGHT
She said that he was her sun,that her light and her warmth and her goodness
came from him.
He said that she was his sun,
and that his light and his warmth and his goodness
came from her.
That night a moon rose;
it did not find its twin faces
in the sea.
© 1983, JPS and Grace Schulman
From: At the Stone of Losses
Publisher: 1983, Jewish Publication Society & University of California Press, Philadelphia, PA & Berkeley, CA
From: At the Stone of Losses
Publisher: 1983, Jewish Publication Society & University of California Press, Philadelphia, PA & Berkeley, CA
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