Thursday, April 25, 2013
Oded Carmeli
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Great grand daddy, you sneaky bastard, you
Who are just just you who are just just who are you
Great grand daddy, who did the world war
In the World War?
Great grand daddy, in the World War
The world warred
The Second World War
Great grand daddy, in the World War
Warred the world the second world
And won
Great grand daddy, you sneaky bastard, you
Who are now justified by now you are justified by who
Great grand daddy, the scales are even
Great grand daddy, even the scales are even?
Great grand daddy, even the scales even
Other scales
Which do not even even
A Great grand daddy
Translated by Maayan Eitan.
Oded Carmeli is an Israeli poet, editor and journalist. He is the author of a novel and two collections of poetry, the most recent of which is The Universe Has No Opposition (2010, Achuzat Bayit Books), and the founder and editor of Hava LeHaba poetry magazine. Oded lives in Tel Aviv.
Maayan Eitan was born in 1986 in Jerusalem, Israel. She is a PhD student in the department of comparative literature at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
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Mea Achooz shir! This is especially a great translation, a great granddaddy translation, of a memory in action, a world war memory in action.
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