Songs from Bialik: Selected Poems of Hayim Nahman Bialik
Hayim Nahman Bialik is considered one of the greatest Hebrew poets of modern times. As he possessed a thorough command of Hebrew and the unusual ability to use fully the resources of the language, his literary career is touted as a turning point in modern Hebrew literature. He greatly influenced and, to a large degree, anticipated the Hebrew spoken in modern Israel.\ Several poems, particularly his immensely popular children's verse, has been set to music. He is considered Israel's national...
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The Lithuanian, Hayim Nahman Bialik (1873-1934), is considered one of the greatest poets in Hebrew. A 50-page introduction on Bialik and his work precedes 83 translated poems written in the two decades preceding and following the turn of the 20th century. Poems are not organized thematically or temporally. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
AcknowledgmentsTranslator's NoteHayim Nahman Bialik's Poetry: An IntroductionCity of the Killings1Stand Strong, Wall of Sorrow10On the Slaughter11I Knew in a Night of Fog12Night Thoughts13To the Legend15King David's Tomb17My Mother, Her Memory Be Blessed18My Father20Alone23If the Angel Asks24Before the Book Closet26They Are Shaking Themselves Off from Dust29Prophet, Go Flee!30My Soul Bows31I Was Not Given LightI Sowed to the Wind My Sigh33Dusk34The Tear Drop DroppedThe Sea of Silence36Butterfly37Ring Ring39Yesterday's Stems40Nobody Knew Who She Was41You Two Eyes44It Was a Summer NightTonight I Lurked47Only One Ray48Her Eyes49The Hungry Eyes51Take Me In under Your Wing52Where Are You53You Are Going from Me54To Your Hidden Way56If There Comes a Day When You Shall Find57After My Death59With the Last Red Dregs of Sunset61God Did Not Show62When I Return64Summer Is Waning65Stars Wink and Go Out66Sometimes the Heart67A New Way68Not in the Day nor in the Night69My Peacock of Gold70A Golden Carriage71On Has a Precious Stone72One Finds Dinars74One, Two75I've a Garden76Between the River Prat and Stream Hidkel78A Little Note81A Penny, A Penny83If Satan ...84Outside the Countenance of God85In False Promises Don't Trust86A Twig Fell87And Whoever He Be Who Comes After88Who Am I and What Am I90That I Could Be One of You91One by One and with No One Seeing93Be to Me Once More a Shelter97Your Breath Passed upon My Face98Speech100And It Came to Pass102Even In His Revelation to Your Eyes104In Me There Nest Snakes and Adders105Call for the Snakes106Indeed This People is Grass108On Your Heart That's Barren110[Untitled]111Secrets of Night112One Distant Star116Graveyard118On a Day of Summer, Hot Day119At Close of Day121A Faithful Tear123Midnight Prayer124Songs of Winter126On the Morning Star134The Conductor of the Dance137The Pool140The Scroll of Fire146
