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I Know Nothing (poem)

I Know Nothing

by Malka Heifetz Tussman

translated from the Yiddish by Marcia Falk

From "Trees, Earth and Torah: A Tu B'Shevat Anthology"

Piously to embrace the tree,

to rest my cheek on the brown bark,

to breathe, and to be quiet.

It's sad and good

in the rustle of branches.

In the swish of leaves, I say:

Here it's still.

In the spill of blossoms,

my thoughts are mild,

tranquil.

But whether trees praise G-d

with the light of white petals -

this I don't know.

I don't know when they cry,

I don't know when they laugh,

I know nothing about such things.

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