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Kina (Lament) – An ancient Tamil poem. Music: Mika Danny/ Translation: David Shulman
"This boy while lying on his shield says: I don’t feel the wound at all, nor the arrow inside
of it."

קינה – שיר טמילי עתיק /לחן: מיקה דני /תרגום: דוד שולמן
"אותו הילד...שוכב על מגינו ואומר: אינני חש כלל בפצע או בחץ שבתוכו."

كيناه (مناحة) - أغنية نواح على الأموات قديمة من منطقة طاميلي بالهند / لحن ميكا داني / ترجمة داڤيد شولمان
" ذاك الولد ... نائم على درعه قائلاً : لا أشعر أبداً بالجرح أو بالقوس الذي بداخله."

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Then
We would bring him milk
And when he didn't want to drink
Without really getting angry
We would lift a stick to frighten him
And he was afraid

And now
Oh my aching heart
That same child
Who killed elephants as gray as the dust of the earth
That same descendant of heroes who fell in the past
Lies on his shield and says:
"I feel not the wound, nor the arrow within."
His hair is like the mane of a foal
And his beard
Just now sprouting

אז
היינו מביאים לו חלב
וכשהוא לֹא רצה לשתות
בלי לכעוס באמת
היינו מרימים מקל להפחידוֹ
ואכן פחד

ועתה
הו לבי הדואב
אותו הילד
שהספיק להרוג פילים אפורים כעפר
אותו צאצא לגבורים שנפלו בימי עבר
שוכב על מגינו ואומר:
"אינני חש כלל בפצע או בחץ שבתוכו."
שַֹערות רֹאשו כרעמת הסיח
וזקנו
זה עתה צמח

حينها
كنا نحضر له الحليب
وكان يرفض ان يشربه
دون غضب حقا
كنا نرفع العصا لردعه
وفعلاً أخفناه

أما الآن، واحسرتاه،
على ذاك الولد
الذي قتل أعداداً من الفيلة الرمادية كالتراب،
هو ذلك الطفل من سلالة أبطال لاقوا حتفهم بالماضي،
مسجى على درعه ويقول:
"لا أشعر بآلام جرحي ولا بالسهم الذي بداخله."
شعر رأسه كغرّة المُهر الصغير
وشعر ذقنه في بداية ظهوره

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from RANA CHOIR, released November 28, 2018

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The Jewish Arab women’s choir Rana is a Jaffa based choir of twenty Muslim Jewish and Christian women.
The choir’s objective is to provide a space for women’s voices, which regrettably are not heard enough in this region of the world, on all its social and aesthetic meanings. ... more

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