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58 ∂ rosh hAshAnAh ‫וים‬ ‫נחל‬ ‫שירי‬ ‫לנחל‬ ‫שר‬ ‫הדשא‬ ‫גבעול‬ ,‫י‬ ִ‫ֹנ‬‫ו‬‫מ‬ ָּ ‫כ‬ ‫ים‬ ִּ‫נ‬ ַ ‫ט‬ ְ ‫ק‬ ִ ‫ל‬ ‫ם‬ ַּ‫ג‬ ‫ה‬ ָ ‫ב‬ ָ ‫ב‬ ְ ‫ר‬ ‫י‬ ִּ‫נ‬ ִ ‫מ‬ ‫ד‬ ָ ‫ח‬ ֶ ‫א‬ ‫י‬ ִ‫נ‬ ֹ ‫ע‬ ָ ‫ה‬ ‫י‬ ֵ ‫ד‬ ְ ‫ל‬ַ‫י‬ ְ ‫ל‬ ‫ם‬ ַּ‫ג‬ ‫ה‬ ָ ‫ב‬ ָ ‫ז‬ ְ ‫כ‬ ַ ‫א‬ ָ ‫ה‬ ‫ֹף‬‫ו‬‫ח‬ ‫ל‬ ַ ‫ע‬ ,‫ל‬ ַ ‫ח‬ ַּ‫נ‬ ַ ‫ה‬ ‫ה‬ ֶ ‫ֹמ‬‫ו‬‫ה‬ ,‫ה‬ ֶ ‫ֹמ‬‫ו‬‫ה‬ .‫ה‬ ָ ‫ב‬ ֲ ‫ה‬ ַ ‫א‬ ְּ ‫ב‬ ‫ה‬ ֶ ‫ֹמ‬‫ו‬‫ה‬ ‫ת‬ ֶ ‫פ‬ ֶ ‫ֹט‬‫ו‬ ּ‫ל‬ ַ ‫ה‬ ׁ ‫ש‬ ֶ ‫מ‬ ֶּׁ ‫ש‬ ַ ‫ה‬ ,‫ים‬ ִ ‫ק‬ ָ ‫ר‬ ְ ‫פ‬ ִ ‫ל‬ֹ‫ו‬ ּ ‫ב‬ ‫ע‬ ַּ‫ג‬ ִּ ‫ת‬ ‫ת‬ ֶ ‫פ‬ ֶ ‫ק‬ ְׁ ‫ש‬ ִ‫נ‬ ‫י‬ ִ ‫ּת‬‫ו‬‫מ‬ ְּ‫ד‬ ‫ם‬ ַ ‫ג‬ ְ‫ו‬ ,‫ים‬ ִּ ‫ק‬ ֻ ‫ר‬ְ‫י‬ ‫ם‬ִ‫י‬ ַ ‫מ‬ ְּ ‫ב‬ ‫ל‬ ַ ‫ח‬ ַּ‫נ‬ ַ ‫ה‬ ‫ת‬ ַ ‫ּל‬‫ו‬‫צ‬ ְ ‫מ‬ ִ ‫ּב‬‫ו‬ .‫ים‬ ִּ ‫ק‬ ֻ ‫מ‬ ֲ ‫ע‬ ּ‫ו‬‫נ‬ ָּ‫ֻל‬ּ ‫כ‬ ‫ת‬ ֶ ‫ק‬ ֶּ ‫מ‬ ַ ‫ע‬ ְ ‫ת‬ ִּ ‫מ‬ ַ ‫ה‬ ‫י‬ ִ ‫ּת‬‫ו‬‫מ‬ ְּ‫ד‬ ‫ם‬ָּ‫י‬ ַ ‫ה‬ ‫ל‬ ֶ ‫א‬ ְ ‫ך‬ ֶ ‫ר‬ ֶּ‫ד‬ ַּ ‫ב‬ ‫ת‬ ֶ ‫ק‬ ֶ ‫ח‬ ְ ‫מ‬ ִ‫נ‬ ְ‫ו‬ ‫ת‬ ַ ‫ע‬ ַ ‫ל‬ ְ ‫ב‬ ִ‫נ‬ .‫ם‬ ָ ‫ל‬ ֱ ‫ע‬ ֶּ‫נ‬ ַ ‫ה‬ ‫ף‬ ַ ‫ס‬ ‫ל‬ ַ ‫ע‬ ‫ל‬ ַ ‫ח‬ ַ‫נ‬ ‫ל‬ ֶׁ ‫ש‬ֹ‫ו‬‫ֹל‬‫ו‬‫ק‬ ‫ם‬ ִ ‫ע‬ ְ‫ו‬ ‫ת‬ ֶ ‫ק‬ ֶ ‫ֹת‬‫ו‬ ּׁ ‫ש‬ ַ ‫ה‬ ׁ ‫ש‬ ֶ ‫פ‬ ֶּ‫נ‬ ַ ‫ה‬ ‫ל‬ ַ ‫ח‬ ַּ‫נ‬ ַ ‫ה‬ ‫ֹר‬‫ו‬‫מ‬ ְ ‫ז‬ ִ ‫מ‬ ‫יר‬ ִׁ ‫ש‬ ‫ם‬ ִ ‫ע‬ .‫ם‬ ָ ‫ֹל‬‫ו‬‫ע‬ ‫י‬ ֵ ‫ח‬ ְ ‫ב‬ ִׁ ‫ש‬ ‫יד‬ ִּ‫ג‬ ַּ ‫ת‬ ‫גולדברג‬ ‫—לאה‬ We Cast into the Depths of the Sea ç 59 PoeMs oF the river And the seA The Blade of Grass Sings to the River Even for the little ones like me, one among the throng, for the children of poverty on disappointment’s shore, the river hums its song, lovingly hums its song. The sun’s soft caress touches it now and then. My image, too, is reflected in waters that flow green, and in the river’s depths each one of us is deep. My ever-deepening image streaming away to the sea is swallowed up, erased on the edge of vanishing. And with the river’s voice, with the river’s psalm, the speechless soul will sing praises of the world. —Leah Goldberg (trans. MF) ...

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