[HANASHIR:14400] Re: A poem for Jerusalm

[rahel <rahel...>]

Beautiful. It brought a tear to my eye too. Thank you Shirona.

Rahel



At 03:18 PM 5/21/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>Perhaps slightly OT...
>
>About a year ago my aunt who lived in Jerusalem her whole life sent me 
>this poem, written in Hebrew, and regrettably didn't know the source or 
>the author.  I passed this poem on to other people - and found that it had 
>a profound impact on everyone who saw it... so in honor of Yom 
>Yerushalayim I'll share with you the translated poem.
>
>A poem for Jerusalem
>
>Where do you come from, Jew?
>- From Jerusalem
>
>And where are you going?
>- To Jerusalem
>
>When did you leave Jerusalem?
>- I have never left her
>
>And when will you arrive in Jerusalem?
>- The wise knows... for generations I've been on my way to her
>
>And how is she, Jerusalem?
>- Crying and laughing... destroyed and renewed
>
>When was Jerusalem destroyed?
>- Always.  In every generation.
>
>And when will Jerusalem will be restored?
>- At every moment she is being rebuilt
>
>And where is she, Jerusalem?
>- Up there on the mountaintops, where doves coo
>
>Is she far... Jerusalem?
>- No, heaven forbid... she is right here... with me.. in my heart.
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