Nili Ben-Yehezkel and Emi – Translation from Hebrew
Expectation
Fixing imploring eyes into the dark, Stretching longing hands into the space, And bending an ear to the noise of rustling leaves, And pray for a miracle, in anticipation of a sign - -
Seven times of despair, and seven times of belief In covert consolation, in close and vigilant reward, To leap into oblivion, and suddenly stir up And to curse the verdict, and to accept the verdict - -
And to look for shelter in the bosom of past idols, Their touch comforting, their touch pure, To shake with restrained crying, and until the light of day Get drunken from the bitterness of the pain and its strange sweetness