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"Don't think there is no prayer (excerpt)"
Don’t think there is no prayer אַל תַּחְשׁוֹב שֶׁאֵין תְּפִילָה in a world without a master; ;בְּעוֹלָם שֶׁאֵין בּוֹ אָדוֹן in Hebrew, to pray is a reflexive verb. .לְהִתְפַּלֵל זֶה בִּנְיַן הִתְפַּעֵל You need only yourself — —אַתָּה זָקוּק רַק לְעַצְמְךָ the ‘I’ that fears, makes people mad, and complains, ,הָאֲנִי שֶׁמְפַחֵד וּמַרְגִיז וּמִתְלוֹנֵן and the ‘I’ that includes וְהֶאָנוֹכִי שֶׁכּוֹלֵל all the ‘I’s in the world, אֶת כָּל הָאֲנִיִים שֶׁבַָּעוֹלָם and asks that you have compassion on yourself וְדוֹרֵשׁ מִמְךָ לְרַחֵם עַל עַצְמֵךְ and on them all. .וְעַל כּוּלָם
- Herbert J. Levine, “Words for Blessing the World: Poems in Hebrew and English”
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