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
20th Century Israeli poetry
from Songs for a Woman 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