Efrat Mishori: “The Weeping Boy”

THE WEEPING BOY

The world is a boy weeping before me.

Before I was a weeping girl,
before I was a girl,
the world was a weeping boy,
the world was.

The world is a tiny baby before me.

Before I was a tiny baby,
before I was a baby,
the world was a tiny baby,
a tiny baby before me

–Efrat Mishori

Translated by M. Salomon from the online anthology Latzet (p. 68 )