Yehuda Amichai [or Amikhai]

Yehuda Amichai was born in Würzburg, Germany on May 3, 1924, to an Orthodox Jewish family. His father and uncle owned a store and made their living as merchants in Würzburg. The family lived in a large community of other

Memorial Day for the War Dead

by Yehuda Amichai [or Amikhai] (1924–2000)

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Memorial day for the war dead. Add now

the grief of all your losses to their grief,

even of a woman that has left you. Mix

sorrow with sorrow, like time-saving history,

which stacks holiday and sacrifice and mourning

on one day for easy, convenient memory.

Oh, sweet world soaked, like bread,
in sweet milk for the terrible toothless God.
"Behind all this some great happiness is hiding."

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