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Leo Strauss
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Traduzione inglese (parziale) di Erel Shalit

AS IF

I know a little township, a place I went to live.‎
It’s name I will not mention, I’ll call it just “AS IF”.‎

Not everybody can just move to this little place:‎
‎‘cept those who by selection are of the “AS IF” race.‎

The people in the streets here, they run from end to end,‎
And, (although they get nowhere), they just like to pretend.‎

They’re living an existence, AS IF’s the life they knew,‎
And they enjoy all hearsay, AS IF it all were true.‎

There, too, is a café-house with music and Ersatz
And you can go and feel like…AS IF you’re Moishe Potz.‎

And many a one person will oftentimes act whiffy:‎
At home he was no big shot; here he pretends AS IF he….‎

On Sunday, (yes on Sunday), we’re getting hash. Of course
THAT may have looked, (while still alive), AS IF it was a horse.‎

On mornings and at evenings one drinks Ersatz….”AS IF”.‎
And, with just soup and little food, one feels much like a sieve.‎

One lies on straw to rest on, AS IF this were a bed,‎
And thinks of friends and loved ones, AS IF some news one had.‎

One bears this heavy burden AS IF there were no sorrow,‎
And speaks of one fine future AS IF it comes tomorrow.‎

AS-IF

I know a little tiny town
A city just so neat
I call it not by name
but call the town As-if

Not everyone may enter
Into this special place
You have to be selected
From among the As-if race

And there they live their life
As-if a life to live
Enjoying every rumor
As-if the truth it were

You lie down on the floor
As-if it was a bed
And think about your loved one
As if she weren’t yet dead

One bears the heavy fate
As-if without a sorrow
And talks about the future
As if there was – tomorrow‎


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