I’m Thankful That We’re Both Alive at the Same Time…
Abraham Sutzkever 1913 (Belarus) – 2010 (Tel Aviv)
I’m thankful that we’re both alive at the same time,
for if the chasm of an instant were to separate us,
a moan would divide both joy and hope with a knife
and both hearts would not beat in my lines.
I’m thankful that we’re both alive on the same earth
and, like two stars in a well, we both merge a You-and-I.
It is a gift to see the other in oneself, our supplies
in a kind of forest where only melodies thrive.
I’m thankful that we’re both alive in the same life, for
a different life could certainly be the life of a worm.
And pray body to body, a prayer to one another,
while thunder rattles over us with its chains.
I’m thankful that we’re both alive with the same death, like neighbors,
a sign that he is here in this house: his light in the window.
I’m thankful that we’re both alive separate in one
and know well: of all neighbors, this one is most near.
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Submitted by acronimous on January 31, 2021
Modified on April 22, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 868 |
Words | 170 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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