Kol Hadoroth sche'lefanaj
Jehuda Amichai (1924-2000)
 
 
 
Toate generatiile trecute
 
Toate generatiile mele trecute au aranjat
puzzle-ul care sunt eu, bucatica cu bucatica 
Si asa sint stabilit, aici la Ierusalim
Dintr-o bucata, ca o casa de rugaciuni
sau un adapost pentru saraci
Asta obliga.
Numele meu este numele celor care mi-au pus fundatiile
Asta obliga
Ma apropii de virsta tatalui meu
Testamentu-mi e peticit cu multe petice,
Trebui sa-mi schimb viata si moartea in fiece zi,
Ca sa implinesc prezicerile
ce mi s-au facut,
in asa fel sa nu devina minciuni
Asta obliga.
Am peste patruzeci.
Exista anumite munci
pentru care eu nu voi fi angajat, asa ca
daca as fi fost la Auschwitz nu as fi fost trimes sa lucrez,
ci as fi fost ars imediat.
Asta obliga.
 
Romanian translation© Copyright: Rafael  Manory
 
 

All my prior generations
 
 
All my prior generations have set up the puzzle which is me
piece for piece
thereby I am established
Here in Jerusalem 
In one piece, like a house for prayer
Or a shelter for the poor
That obligates 
My name is the name of my founders 
That obligates 
I am approaching my father's death age
My testament, patched with many patches 
I must change my life and my death Each day
in order to fulfill all prophecies
Which were forecast for me
So that they do not becomes lies That obligates 
I am over forty. There are positions 
For which one would not take me therefore
If I would have been in Auschwitz
One would not have sent me to work
One would have directly burned me
That obligates
 
 
English translation © Copyright:  Manory/Thobi