"Today I am Modest"
By Esther Raab
Translated by A.Z. Foreman
Today I am modest as an animal,
Spread flush as rainwashed fields.
With a small fat hand I lead
My life towards compassion and children.
Today each stranger, each sufferer
Comes to me.
My heart's little gifts
Patter rain-like about me.
And already I carry Tomorrow-
Its weight closed in
And again leaping out,
Without looking, toward all the unknown.
The Original:
By Esther Raab
Translated by A.Z. Foreman
Today I am modest as an animal,
Spread flush as rainwashed fields.
With a small fat hand I lead
My life towards compassion and children.
Today each stranger, each sufferer
Comes to me.
My heart's little gifts
Patter rain-like about me.
And already I carry Tomorrow-
Its weight closed in
And again leaping out,
Without looking, toward all the unknown.
The Original:
היום ענווה אני
אסתר ראב
היום ענווה אני כחיה
שטוחה ככרי דשא רוויים
ביד קטנה שמנה אוביל חיי
אל הרחמים ואל הילדים.
היום יקרב אלי
כל זר וכל כואב,
כגשם סביבי ישתקשקו
מתנות–לבבי הקטנות
והמחיר כבר אני נושאת–
כובד סגור
ומזנק שוב
אל הבילתי ידוע
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