Poem
Zelda
LIGHT A CANDLE
Light a candle,drink wine.
Softly the Sabbath has plucked
the sinking sun.
Slowly the Sabbath descends,
the rose of heaven in her hand.
How can the Sabbath
plant a huge and shining flower
in a blind and narrow heart?
How can the Sabbath
plant the bud of angels
in a heart of raving flesh?
Can the rose of immortality grow
in a generation enslaved
to destruction,
a generation enslaved
to death?
Light a candle!
Drink wine!
Slowly the Sabbath descends
and in her hand the flower,
and in her hand
the sinking sun.
© Translation: 2004, Marcia Lee Falk
From: The Spectacular Difference
Publisher: Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, 2004
From: The Spectacular Difference
Publisher: Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, 2004
LIGHT A CANDLE
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© 1985, Zelda
From: Shirey Zelda
Publisher: Hakibbutz Hameuchad,
From: Shirey Zelda
Publisher: Hakibbutz Hameuchad,
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LIGHT A CANDLE
Light a candle,drink wine.
Softly the Sabbath has plucked
the sinking sun.
Slowly the Sabbath descends,
the rose of heaven in her hand.
How can the Sabbath
plant a huge and shining flower
in a blind and narrow heart?
How can the Sabbath
plant the bud of angels
in a heart of raving flesh?
Can the rose of immortality grow
in a generation enslaved
to destruction,
a generation enslaved
to death?
Light a candle!
Drink wine!
Slowly the Sabbath descends
and in her hand the flower,
and in her hand
the sinking sun.
© 2004, Marcia Lee Falk
From: The Spectacular Difference
Publisher: 2004, Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati
From: The Spectacular Difference
Publisher: 2004, Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati
LIGHT A CANDLE
Light a candle,drink wine.
Softly the Sabbath has plucked
the sinking sun.
Slowly the Sabbath descends,
the rose of heaven in her hand.
How can the Sabbath
plant a huge and shining flower
in a blind and narrow heart?
How can the Sabbath
plant the bud of angels
in a heart of raving flesh?
Can the rose of immortality grow
in a generation enslaved
to destruction,
a generation enslaved
to death?
Light a candle!
Drink wine!
Slowly the Sabbath descends
and in her hand the flower,
and in her hand
the sinking sun.
© 2004, Marcia Lee Falk
From: The Spectacular Difference
Publisher: 2004, Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati
From: The Spectacular Difference
Publisher: 2004, Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati
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