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Zelda
CAST ME NOT AWAY
She leaned toward my soulto touch the cry in my throat,
ever-dwelling –
Her touch tears me to pieces.
Darknesses and words
are difficult
for the heart that is lost –
Cast me not away from Your presence.
And when I wake from my dream,
surrounded by darkness,
the old furniture making
its thin creaking sounds –
Do not hide Your face from me.
When I wake, wondering
if the stories of my senses
are really so sweet to my soul –
(Are stories my fortress?)
Oh, at a mournful, smoldering hour
even the tender beauty of a flower
has touched me with the harshness of flattery.
When I wake, weeping –
if only I might know
where heaven is leading
my life.
© 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
CAST ME NOT AWAY
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© 1985, Zelda
From: Shirey Zelda
Publisher: Hakibbutz Hameuchad,
From: Shirey Zelda
Publisher: Hakibbutz Hameuchad,
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CAST ME NOT AWAY
From: Shirey Zelda
CAST ME NOT AWAY
She leaned toward my soulto touch the cry in my throat,
ever-dwelling –
Her touch tears me to pieces.
Darknesses and words
are difficult
for the heart that is lost –
Cast me not away from Your presence.
And when I wake from my dream,
surrounded by darkness,
the old furniture making
its thin creaking sounds –
Do not hide Your face from me.
When I wake, wondering
if the stories of my senses
are really so sweet to my soul –
(Are stories my fortress?)
Oh, at a mournful, smoldering hour
even the tender beauty of a flower
has touched me with the harshness of flattery.
When I wake, weeping –
if only I might know
where heaven is leading
my life.
© 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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