A SONG OF ASCENTS
When the Lord returned the exiles of Zion,
we were like dreamers.
Then our mouths filled with laughter,
And our tongues with songs of joy.
Then they said among the nations:
“The Lord has done great things for them.”
The Lord has done great things for us.
—Psalm 126
We are writing the next chapter of the Bible.
—Hanan Porat, June 7, 1967
Sky-diving without a parachute,
Open to all directions,
And the longing for each direction
Is destroying me.
—Meir Ariel, “The Snake’s Shed Skin,” 1988