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Saturday, January 21, 2012

... because of sunlit winters

Elisabet, my French tutor, gave me an assignment: write a poem about Tel Aviv, inspired by the hit song "A Paris" by Riff Cohen that tells about ... well, Paris, in a "grocery store list" style.

Here goes:
In Tel Aviv, there are
Beaches and boulevards
Cafes and toddlers
Bicycles and surfing boards
And parks and dogs

In Tel Aviv, there are
Sunlit winters and endless summers
Banana beach and Gordon pool
The old Jaffa and Neve Tsedek
And flip flops and swimming suits

And balconies and rooftop gardens
Tiny flats and lack of space
Noisy streets and greasy alleys
And hummus and hamsin

And Bauhaus and Opera house
Allenby and Shenkin
Hacarmel market and holy land souvenirs
And poets and snobs

In Tel Aviv, there are
Beaches and boulevards
Cafes and toddlers
Bicycles and surfing boards
And parks and dogs

And reins over this all
The Mediterranean sea

Elisabeth, I'll have this in French for our class :)

1 comment:

Dina said...

Olga! Welcome back!
So you're busy learning French, eh?

It's a nice Tel Aviv poem. Good luck with your translation.