Written by My father, Zeev Kachel
Translated from Hebrew by Uvi Poznansky
We were born in darkness, crying a fit
Like grains of sand, countless stars came up, lit,
We wanted to turn back to the warm womb
Instead we were wrapped by chill and by gloom
Born in darkness, we labored so hard
To find our way in this universe
We were greeted by its hug, the cruelty of its curse
Its predators' jaws... We were forced to traverse.
Ma, why did you fool me, what was it for,
When you sang me a lullaby, not a song of war?
Oh why did you hide the ugly truth from me
From the warmth of a mother's womb to a world of cold and gloom; what a revelation your father had. Emotional and exposed, his view of what truth was revealed to him as it was so. I am at awe.
ReplyDeleteOh thank you so much Christina! Means a lot to me that you were touched by my father's words.
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