They amputatedYour thighs off my hips.As far as I’m concernedThey are all surgeons. All...
Yehuda Amichai
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Yehuda Amichai was an Israeli poet and author, who wrote in colloquial Hebrew and explored themes of life, death, love, and war. He was born in Germany in 1924 and immigrated to Palestine in 1935, where he fought in several wars and became a prominent literary figure. He received many awards and honors, both in Israel and internationally, and was considered one of the greatest modern poets of his time. |
Try to remember some details. Remember the clothingof the one you loveso that on...
Hebrew writing and Arabic writing go from east to west,Latin writing, from west to...
Do not accept these rains that come too late.Better to linger. Make your painAn...
Out of three or four in the roomOne is always standing at the window.Forced...
You mustn’t show weaknessand you’ve got to have a tan.But sometimes I feel like...
A man doesn’t have time in his lifeto have time for everything.He doesn’t have...
The first rain reminds meOf the rising summer dust.The rain doesn’t remember the rain...
The end was quick and bitter.Slow and sweet was the time between us,slow and...
“What kind of a person are you,” I heard them say to me.I’m a...