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The soldiers in the grave say: you, up there,
Placing a wreath upon us,
Like a lifesaver of flowers,
See how our faces all look alike
Between stretched out arms. But
Remember the differences that were between us
And the joy on the water.
The poem The Soldiers in the Grave by Yehudah Amichai
Copyright in the original Hebrew © the Estate of Yehuda Amichai
Translation by Barbara Harshav from Yehuda Amichai: A Life of Poetry, 1948-1994
HarperPerennial, New York, 1995
Thanks to the assistance of the Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature.
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