Also in this issue, Karen’s translations of
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Yehuda Amichai is widely published and translated. Visit the Yehuda Amichaipage at bn.com
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Other translations by Karen Alkalay-Gut in previous issues:
Miriam Baruch Chalfi
Raquel Chalfi
Yaffa ZinsIris Le’al
Leah Rudnitsky
Ben Zion Tomer
Poems by Karen in Spring 2000
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A previous feature on Karen’s book
In My Skin
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Karen’s website
Recommended sites:
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Translated by
Karen Alkalay-GutThe Same Pattern, The Same Stitch
I saw a man wearing a colorful skullcap
in the same pattern as a piece of underwear
of a woman I loved
long ago.
He didn’t understand why I was looking at him
and why I turned around after him
and he shrugged his shoulders and went on.
And I muttered to myself: the same
Colors, the same stitching, the same pattern,
the same stitching, the same pattern.
