What’s this? This is an old toolshed.
No, this is a great past love.
Anxiety and Joy were here together
in this darkness
and Hope.
Perhaps I’ve been here once before.
I didn’t go near to find out.
These are the voices calling out of a dream.
No, this is a great love.
No, this is an old toolshed.
translated by Yehuda Amichai & Ted Hughes
Felt a bit eerie after reading this. I have no idea why. Beautifully written
He’s probably Israel’s best known poet. Granted the toolshed as a metaphor for a great love seems odd but it works somehow. Perhaps because it is odd.