More Poetry for Poetry Month

Sorry I missed yesterday. Two updates today to make up for it.

The first update is another poem, this time in honor of Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Memorial Day, coming up Sunday night). The poem is "Written in Pencil and the floor of the boxcar" by the Israeli poet Dan Pagis. Hebrew is original, English is my translation.

כתוב בעפרון בקרון החתום
כאן במשלוח הזה
אני חוה
עם הבל בני
אם תראוּ את בני הגדול
קין בן אדם
תגידוּ לא שּאני

Here in the transport
I am Eve
with my son Abel
If you see my older son
Kain, son of Adam
Tell him that I--