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 Impoverished is my moment 
A waif amongst times -
 Who has borrowed from her sisters
 all she possesses
 Who suckles the saps of memories
 at the breasts of yesterdays
 Who drinks dews of hope
 from the skies of the morrows.
 Poor and empty is my moment
 And rich is my moment 
A queen amongst times -
 Whom her sisters of yore
 cleared her path
 have paved her way before her
 Whom all camels of past
 laden joy and sorrow
 converge at her well
 And ships of future
 are tethered and furnished
 at her port.
 Bustling and lordly
 My moment
 From the Hebrew by Yanki Tauber  Click here for the Hebrew Original - המקור בעברית 
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