notebook — מחברת. tongue — לשון. aloud — בקול רם. clinic — מרפאה, קופת חולים. translated — תרגמתי. without meaning to — בלי כוונה. P.M. — אחרי הצהריים (כאן: עשר בלילה). repetition — חזרה על מילה או מבנה.
תרגיל 1 מתוך 3
השיר: Kitchen Table, Ten P.M.
Kitchen Table, Ten P.M.
After the dishes, my mother opens
a notebook with a cat on the cover,
the one I used in second grade,
and sits where the light is best.
She writes the letters slowly,
her tongue between her teeth,
as if each one were a small bird
that might fly off the page.
At forty-six she reads a word aloud
the way I read at six:
too loud, too careful,
proud of every sound.
At the bank, at the clinic,
I have been her voice for years.
I answered for her, I translated her,
I made her small without meaning to.
Tonight she reads me a sentence,
one whole sentence, right to left,
and I close my mouth
and let her speak.
תרגיל 2 מתוך 3
השיר: Kitchen Table, Ten P.M.
Kitchen Table, Ten P.M.
After the dishes, my mother opens
a notebook with a cat on the cover,
the one I used in second grade,
and sits where the light is best.
She writes the letters slowly,
her tongue between her teeth,
as if each one were a small bird
that might fly off the page.
At forty-six she reads a word aloud
the way I read at six:
too loud, too careful,
proud of every sound.
At the bank, at the clinic,
I have been her voice for years.
I answered for her, I translated her,
I made her small without meaning to.
Tonight she reads me a sentence,
one whole sentence, right to left,
and I close my mouth
and let her speak.
תרגיל 3 מתוך 3
השיר: Kitchen Table, Ten P.M.
Kitchen Table, Ten P.M.
After the dishes, my mother opens
a notebook with a cat on the cover,
the one I used in second grade,
and sits where the light is best.
She writes the letters slowly,
her tongue between her teeth,
as if each one were a small bird
that might fly off the page.
At forty-six she reads a word aloud
the way I read at six:
too loud, too careful,
proud of every sound.
At the bank, at the clinic,
I have been her voice for years.
I answered for her, I translated her,
I made her small without meaning to.
Tonight she reads me a sentence,
one whole sentence, right to left,
and I close my mouth
and let her speak.
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