http://www.createforum.com/phpbb/index.php?mforum=mepe UPDATE and UPGRADE YOUR KNOWLEDGE. <br/> Come express yourself in MEPE. We look forward to reading your views. <br/> REGISTER <a href="http://www.createforum.com/mepe/profile.php?mode=register&sid=41007f379897e480f25e1"><font color="red">HERE</font></a>. english (c) Copyright 2013 by MEPE gils_friend_2@yahoo.com gils_friend_2@yahoo.com Wed Jun 19, 2013 8:53 pm Wed Jun 19, 2013 8:53 pm http://backend.userland.com/rss phpBB2 RSS Syndication Mod by Lucas 1 http://www.createforum.com/phpbb/ UPDATE and UPGRADE YOUR KNOWLEDGE. <br/> Come express yourself in MEPE. We look forward to reading your views. <br/> REGISTER <a href="http://www.createforum.com/mepe/profile.php?mode=register&sid=41007f379897e480f25e1"><font color="red">HERE</font></a>. http://www.createforum.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?mforum=mepe&p=4757#4757 <br /> Author: <a href='http://www.createforum.com/phpbb/profile.php?mforum=mepe&mode=viewprofile&u=3'>HBendor</a><br /><br /> Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 10:49 pm<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Forgive us <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> A Poem About Jonathan Pollard by Sarah Gergi<br /> <br /> From the book &quot; LaShira Nolda&quot; (Saar, 2006) by Sarah Gergi<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Translated to English by J4JP. Original Hebrew text is attached to this email as a jpeg file. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Translator's note: The original poem is written in a sophisticated Hebrew which includes double – entendres and strong references to biblical passages and quotes which simply do not lend themselves to accurate translation in English. The following translation is the literal meaning of the poem <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Forgive us, dear brother<br /> <br /> Who sits in solitude in a dark pit<br /> <br /> Wounded and mournful –<br /> <br /> We beseech you, forgive!<br /> <br /> Although reward you never did expect<br /> <br /> Neither of nothing but soul-searing afflictions<br /> <br /> Did you ever dream! <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Forgive us, dear brother.<br /> <br /> That in place of thanksgiving and celebration in your honor<br /> <br /> With words of Torah by public officials, the keepers of the nation, <br /> <br /> Here in The Land, the dwelling place of your heart and soul,<br /> <br /> You were abjectly abandoned to groaning, <br /> <br /> And slave labor, tumultuous din, and endless affliction<br /> <br /> Without respite – no Sabbath peace nor rest,<br /> <br /> In the company of crooks and soul-destroying murderers<br /> <br /> There in the land of freedom and justice for all.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> While your sorely afflicted body weakens and diminishes<br /> <br /> The fire of your love for your Nation and<br /> <br /> Your longings for Tzion, your Land,<br /> <br /> Grow mightier until they take over<br /> <br /> Your entire essence, your very being.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> How disgraced and ashamed are we!<br /> <br /> How will our Father ever forgive us<br /> <br /> Even if only you forgive us, dear brother, Jonathan?! http://www.createforum.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?mforum=mepe&p=4757#4757 HBendor Sun Mar 11, 2007 10:49 pm http://www.createforum.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?mforum=mepe&p=4757#4757