Mission by Yehuda Amichai

Tell them it’s not just me,
Others too.
It happened,
And I couldn’t change a thing.

Repeat the words again,
Translate them into two or three languages
And look into their eyes, see how understanding
Rises in them. And how it dies like smoke.
And in the end, call in another voice,
A voice that folds into your heart.
Not for them anymore. See
They start their supper. Don’t sup with them.
Come back to me.

translated by Benjamin & Barbara Harshav

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