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Yehuda Amichai
(1924 - 2000 / Würzburg / Germany)
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1      A Jewish Cemetery In Germany
2      A Pity. We Were Such a Good Invention
3      An Arab Shepherd Is Searching For His Goat On Mount Zion
4      And We Shall Not Get Excited
5      Do Not Accept
6      Ein Yahav
7      Endless Poem
8      God Full Of Mercy
9      God Has Pity On Kindergarten Children
10      Great Serenity: Questions and Answers
11      I Don't Know If History Repeats Itself
12      I Have Become Very Hairy
13      I Know A Man
14      I Want To Die In My Own Bed
15      If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem
16      Let The Memorial Hill Remember
17      Love Of Jerusalem
18      Memorial Day For The War Dead
19      My Child Wafts Peace
20      My Father
        
 

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  A Jewish Cemetery In Germany

On a little hill amid fertile fields lies a small cemetery,
a Jewish cemetery behind a rusty gate, hidden by shrubs,
abandoned and forgotten. Neither the sound of prayer
nor the voice of lamentation is heard there
for the dead praise not the Lord.
Only the voices of our children ring out, seeking graves
and cheering
each time they find one--like mushrooms in the forest, like
wild strawberries.
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