אָבער זײַן וויל איך אָפֿן,
But to be I want open,
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Page 374. 'Di erd iz gelodn' conclusion: he wants to be 'ofn... loyter un klor' (open, pure and clear), as in the moments of hoping for 'dayn antplekter vor' (your unveiled truth — Hebrew 'rege'). She leads him 'iber vildgroz un shteyn' (over wild grass and stone) until day prepares to pass. He kneels in the shadow of the last hour. 'A vint in di grozn' (A Wind in the Grasses) begins: 'elektrishe flemlekh in hent' (electric flames in hands) — they let themselves go with the wind until the flames burned out. Refrain: 'Himl, / un in himl — shtern, / un ikh oyf der erd, / un du lebn mir oyf der erd' (Sky, and in sky — stars, and I on earth, and you beside me on earth). Talking about 'lider' (poems) is sweet; the sweetness enters her limbs, his head bows to her feet. 'Soydes fun yorn' (secrets of years — Hebrew 'soydes'), 'blendike groykayt fun kep' (blinding grayness of heads) — each has become for the other 'a vayse, a heylike trep' (a white, holy stair).
אָבער זײַן וויל איך אָפֿן,
און לויטער און קלאָר,
ווי אין די רגעס פֿון האָפֿן
אויף דײַן אַנטפּלעקטער וואָר.
דו פֿירסט מיך אויף בייטן
איבער ווילדגראָז און שטיין,
ביז עס הייבט זיך אָן גרייטן
דער טאָג צום פֿאַרגיין.
איך פֿאַל קניען אין שאָטן
פֿון טאָגס לעצטער שעה,
צו דער שפֿע פֿון באָדן
וואו דו ביסט דאָ.
אַ ווינט אין די גראָזן
אַ ווינט אין די גראָזן,
עלעקטרישע פֿלעמלעך אין הענט:
און מיר האָבן מיטן ווינט זיך געלאָזן
ביז די פֿלעמלעך האָבן אויסגעברענט.
הימל,
און אין הימל — שטערן,
און איך אויף דער ערד,
און דו לעבן מיר אויף דער ערד.
גערעדט וועגן לידער,
און ריידן וועגן לידער איז זיס:
די זיסקייט איז אַרײַן אין דײַנע גלידער,
און מײַן קאָפּ האָט זיך גענייגט צו דײַנע פֿיס.
הימל,
און אין הימל — שטערן,
און איך אויף דער ערד,
און דו לעבן מיר אויף דער ערד.
סודות פֿון יאָרן,
בלענדיקע גרויקייט פֿון קעפּ:
יעדער איינער איז פֿאַרן צווייטן געוואָרן
אַ ווײַסע, אַ הייליקע טרעפּ.
Ober zayn vil ikh ofn,
un loyter un klor,
vi in di reges fun hofn
oyf dayn antplekter vor.
Du first mikh oyf beytn
iber vildgroz un shteyn,
biz es heybt zikh on greytn
der tog tsum fargeyn.
Ikh fal knien in shotn
fun togs lester sho,
tsu der shfe fun bodn
vu du bist do.
A vint in di grozn
A vint in di grozn,
elektrishe flemlekh in hent:
un mir hobn mitn vint zikh gelozn
biz di flemlekh hobn oysgbrent.
Himl,
un in himl — shtern,
un ikh oyf der erd,
un du lebn mir oyf der erd.
Geredt vegn lider,
un reydn vegn lider iz zis:
di ziskayt iz arayn in dayne glider,
un mayn kop hot zikh geneygt tsu dayne fis.
Himl,
un in himl — shtern,
un ikh oyf der erd,
un du lebn mir oyf der erd.
Soydes fun yorn,
blendike groykayt fun kep:
yeder eyner iz farn tsveytn gevorn
a vayse, a heylike trep.
But to be I want open,
and pure and clear,
as in the moments of hoping
for your unveiled truth.
You lead me over beds
across wild grass and stone,
until the day begins to prepare
for its passing.
I fall kneeling in the shadow
of the day's last hour,
to the abundance of the ground
where you are here.
A Wind in the Grasses
A wind in the grasses,
electric flames in hands:
and we let ourselves go with the wind
until the flames burned out.
Sky,
and in sky — stars,
and I on the earth,
and you beside me on the earth.
Talked about poems,
and talking about poems is sweet:
the sweetness entered your limbs,
and my head bowed to your feet.
Sky,
and in sky — stars,
and I on the earth,
and you beside me on the earth.
Secrets of years,
blinding grayness of heads:
each one has become for the other
a white, a holy stair.
Page 374. 'Di erd iz gelodn' conclusion: he wants to be 'ofn... loyter un klor' (open, pure and clear), as in the moments of hoping for 'dayn antplekter vor' (your unveiled truth — Hebrew 'rege'). She leads him 'iber vildgroz un shteyn' (over wild grass and stone) until day prepares to pass. He kneels in the shadow of the last hour. 'A vint in di grozn' (A Wind in the Grasses) begins: 'elektrishe flemlekh in hent' (electric flames in hands) — they let themselves go with the wind until the flames burned out. Refrain: 'Himl, / un in himl — shtern, / un ikh oyf der erd, / un du lebn mir oyf der erd' (Sky, and in sky — stars, and I on earth, and you beside me on earth). Talking about 'lider' (poems) is sweet; the sweetness enters her limbs, his head bows to her feet. 'Soydes fun yorn' (secrets of years — Hebrew 'soydes'), 'blendike groykayt fun kep' (blinding grayness of heads) — each has become for the other 'a vayse, a heylike trep' (a white, holy stair).
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