In Autumn Nights
David Vogel
Translated by A.Z. Foreman
In autumn nights
A leaf unseen falls in the forest
And lies still to the earth.
In streams
Fish jump out of the water.
And an echo of a wet beat
Answers back in the dark.
In the black distance
Hoofbeats of horses unseen are sown
Dissolving hence and thither.
All this
The wearied wanderer will hear
And a tremor chatters his bones.
The Original
David Vogel
Translated by A.Z. Foreman
In autumn nights
A leaf unseen falls in the forest
And lies still to the earth.
In streams
Fish jump out of the water.
And an echo of a wet beat
Answers back in the dark.
In the black distance
Hoofbeats of horses unseen are sown
Dissolving hence and thither.
All this
The wearied wanderer will hear
And a tremor chatters his bones.
The Original
בְּלֵילוֹת הַסְּתָו
נוֹפֵל בַּיְּעָרִים עָלֶה לֹא-נִרְאֶה
וְשׁוֹכֵב דּוּמָם לָאָרֶץ.
בַּנְּחָלִים
יִקְפֹּץ הַדָּג מִן הַמַּיִם
וְהֵד נְקִישָׁה לַחָה
יַעַן בָּאֹפֶל.
בַּמֶּרְחָק הַשָּׁחוֹר
נִזְרָעוֹת דַּהֲרוֹת סוּסִים לֹא-נִרְאִים
הַנְּמַסִּים וְהוֹלְכִים.
כָּל אֵלֶּה יִשְמַע
הַהֵלֶךְ הֶעָיֵף
וְרַעַד יַעֲבֹר אֶת בְּשָׂרוֹ.
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