Yehuda Amichai is a beloved Israeli poet that passed away a few years ago.
A pity. We were such a good invention
They amputated
Your thighs off my hips.
As far as I'm concerned
They are all surgeons. All of them.
They dismantled us
Each from the other. As far as I'm concerned
They are all engineers. All o f them.
A pity. We were such a good
And loving invention.
An airplane made from a man and a wife.
Wings and everything. We hovered a little above the earth.
We even flew a little.
*Translated by Assin Gutmann