Poem
Nadia Adina Rose
LENGTH
Our family tree has notsprouted many branches.
Flocks of
single women
sat on them
like on single narrow
single beds.
Aunt Anna and Aunt Leah
picked apples
for strudel filling.
The dough that swelled
and swelled in the nights
they rolled out flat to the length
and width of their loneliness.
Crumbs of the days were scattered
among the birds.
© Translation: 2020, Linda Zisquit
אֹרֶךְ
אֹרֶךְ
אִילַן מִשְׁפַּחְתֵּנוּ לֹא
הִצְמִיחַ עֲנָפִים רַבִּים.
לַהֲקוֹת נָשִׁים
רַוָּקוֹת
יָשְׁבוּ עֲלֵיהֶם
כְּמוֹ עַל מִטּוֹת יָחִיד
צָרוֹת.
דּוֹדָה אָנָה וְדוֹדָה לֵאָה
קָטְפוּ תַּפּוּחִים
לְמִלּוּי שְׁטְרוּדֶלִים.
אֶת הַבָּצֵק שֶׁתָּפַח
וְתָפַח בַּלֵּילוֹת
רִדְּדוּ לְאֹרֶךְ
וּלְרֹחַב בְּדִידוּתָן.
פֵּרוּרֵי הַיָּמִים חֻלְּקוּ
בֵּין צִפֳּרִים.
הִצְמִיחַ עֲנָפִים רַבִּים.
לַהֲקוֹת נָשִׁים
רַוָּקוֹת
יָשְׁבוּ עֲלֵיהֶם
כְּמוֹ עַל מִטּוֹת יָחִיד
צָרוֹת.
דּוֹדָה אָנָה וְדוֹדָה לֵאָה
קָטְפוּ תַּפּוּחִים
לְמִלּוּי שְׁטְרוּדֶלִים.
אֶת הַבָּצֵק שֶׁתָּפַח
וְתָפַח בַּלֵּילוֹת
רִדְּדוּ לְאֹרֶךְ
וּלְרֹחַב בְּדִידוּתָן.
פֵּרוּרֵי הַיָּמִים חֻלְּקוּ
בֵּין צִפֳּרִים.
© 2015, Nadia Adina Rose
From: Snow Ink
Publisher: Helicon-Afik, Tel Aviv
From: Snow Ink
Publisher: Helicon-Afik, Tel Aviv
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LENGTH
Our family tree has notsprouted many branches.
Flocks of
single women
sat on them
like on single narrow
single beds.
Aunt Anna and Aunt Leah
picked apples
for strudel filling.
The dough that swelled
and swelled in the nights
they rolled out flat to the length
and width of their loneliness.
Crumbs of the days were scattered
among the birds.
© 2020, Linda Zisquit
From: Snow Ink
From: Snow Ink
LENGTH
Our family tree has notsprouted many branches.
Flocks of
single women
sat on them
like on single narrow
single beds.
Aunt Anna and Aunt Leah
picked apples
for strudel filling.
The dough that swelled
and swelled in the nights
they rolled out flat to the length
and width of their loneliness.
Crumbs of the days were scattered
among the birds.
© 2020, Linda Zisquit
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