from Songs for a Woman: 4 by Yehuda Amichai

When you smile
serious ideas suddenly get drowsy

all night the mountains keep silent at your side—
at morning, the sand goes out with you, to sea

when you do nice things to me
all heavy industry shuts down.

translated by David Rosenberg

Leave a comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.