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" People caught in a homeland-trap:
to speak now in this weary language,
a language that was torn from its sleep in the Bible: dazzled,
it wobbles from mouth to mouth. In a language that once described
miracles and God, to say car, bomb, God. "

Yehuda Amichai , The Selected Poetry of Yehuda Amichai


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Yehuda Amichai quote : People caught in a homeland-trap:<br />to speak now in this weary language,<br />a language that was torn from its sleep in the Bible: dazzled,<br />it wobbles from mouth to mouth. In a language that once described<br />miracles and God, to say car, bomb, God.