Hebrew Poem

Poems Found In Translation: “Bialik: Just a Ray (From Hebrew)” Bialik: Just a Ray (From Hebrew) Posted: 20 Dec 2016 10:10 PM PST Just A Single Ray By Haim Nachman Bialik Translated by A.Z. Foreman Just a single ray of sun upon you, And you grew to glory, rose near-divine. One ray unfurled your lure, your flesh And you ripened like a fruited vine. Just a single night of storm in spoil Has ravished your flush and bud away. In your lime beauty vile dogs afar Can smell your cadaverous decay. The Original: רַק קַו-שֶׁמֶשׁ אֶחָד עֲבָרֵךְ, וּפִתְאֹם רוֹמַמְתְּ וְגָדָלְתְּ; וַיְפַתַּח חֶמְדָּתֵךְ וּבְשָׂרֵךְ, וּכְגֶפֶן פֹּרִיָּה בָּשָׁלְתְּ. וְרַק סַעַר לֵיל אֶחָד עֲבָרֵךְ, וַיַּחְמֹס אֶת-בִּסְרֵךְ, נִצָּתֵךְ; וּכְלָבִים נְבָלִים בַּהֲדָרֵךְ יָרִיחוּ מֵרָחוֹק נִבְלָתֵךְ –