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The Cobbler’s Song
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Shlomo reclines within his shrine Woe to my days, woe to my nights Everyone knows how he is Nobody knows about me Woe to my days, woe to my nights As if it means something to anybody. If I have a…

Contributor:

Nathan Alterman

Places:

Tel Aviv, Israel

Date:

1963

Subjects:

Class, Labor, Israel/Israelis

Categories:

Poetry, Literature, Popular Poetry, Music
Toil
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Dress me, good mother, in a glorious robe of many colours, and at dawn lead me to [my] toil. My land is wrapped in light as in a prayer shawl. The houses stand forth like frontlets; and the roads…

Contributor:

Abraham Shlonsky

Places:

Haifa, Mandate Palestine (Haifa, Israel)

Date:

1927

Subjects:

Labor, Family, Prayer

Categories:

Literature, Poetry