Translation
May 14, 2024
This translation algorithm
must be an angel: it does not speak
Aramaic. But is it not true
that angels can learn anything?
Say rather: Aramaic is the language
of the street, tongue of trade
and commerce, and angels can't
be bothered. But is not Hebrew
now street talk, at least
in one ineffable place? Say instead
the angels have forgotten how to hear
and the algorithms never learned
what yearnings underlie the words
we use to disguise our fragile hearts.