Dan Pagis (1930-1986) spent three of his adolescent years in a Nazi camp before arriving in Palestine in 1946. He became one of the most vibrant voices in modern Israeli poetry and is considered a major world poet of his generation. A master scholar of Hebrew literature, Pagis drew fully on classical texts and infused his poetry with a centuries-old mysticism. Yet he also brought an immediacy and colloquialism to Hebrew poetry. In these superbly translated poems, Dan Pagis's voice can be heard celebrating the human spirit.

Introduction
Autobiography	p. 5
Brothers	p. 7
The Souvenir	p. 9
Ein Leben	p. 10
Homily	p. 11
Siege	p. 12
The Last Ones	p. 19
In the Laboratory	p. 20
The Readiness	p. 21
The Caveman Is Not about to Talk	p. 22
A Lesson in Observation	p. 23
Spaceship	p. 24
Final Examination	p. 25
Written in Pencil in the Sealed Railway-Car	p. 29
An Opening to Satan	p. 30
Europe, Late	p. 31
The Roll Call	p. 32
Testimony	p. 33
Instructions for Crossing the Border	p. 34
Draft of a Reparations Agreement	p. 35
Footprints	p. 36
The Tortoise	p. 45
A Modest Sum	p. 46
Snake	p. 47
Tidings	p. 48
Bestiary	p. 49
Writers	p. 52
Tropical Greenhouse	p. 54
Information	p. 55
Real-Life Story	p. 56
Twelve Faces of the Emerald	p. 58
A Moment at the Louvre	p. 63
Lament for a Master of Style	p. 64
Encounters	p. 65
Fragments of an Elegy	p. 66
Twenty Years in the Valley	p. 67
Jason's Grave in Jerusalem	p. 68
An Ancient Complaint	p. 69
Memorial Evening	p. 70
Central Park, Twilight	p. 71
The Grand Duke of New York	p. 72
Early Winter, Long Island	p. 74
The Deceased Writer: Photograph in the Rain	p. 75
Moments of Old Age	p. 76
The Portrait	p. 77
A Small Poetics	p. 81
Sugarduke	p. 82
Wall Calendar	p. 83
Final Report	p. 84
For a Literary Survey	p. 85
Silent Movie	p. 86
The Art of Contraction	p. 87
Sominex	p. 88
Conversation	p. 89
April	p. 90
The End of Winter	p. 91
Acrobatics	p. 95
Bridgehead Photograph	p. 96
Devotion	p. 98
For How Long	p. 99
Out of Line	p. 100
He'll Come Out for Sure	p. 101
The Runner Artist	p. 103
Picture Postcard from Our Youth	p. 104
Toward Home	p. 105
Outside an Air Base, California	p. 106
A New Lover	p. 107
Sudden Heart	p. 108
Exposure	p. 111
Point of Departure	p. 112
The Limits of Physics	p. 113
The Story	p. 115
The Freedom Machine	p. 116
How To	p. 117
Recognition	p. 118
Visit to a Physicist	p. 119
Failure	p. 120
Sport	p. 121
Bisection	p. 122
Wind from Variable Directions	p. 123
Epilogue to Robinson Crusoe	p. 131
The Tower	p. 132
Pages in an Album	p. 133
Seashell	p. 134
Come	p. 135
The Shot	p. 136
The Beginning	p. 137
The Cycle	p. 138
Harvests	p. 139
Ready for Parting	p. 140
Scarabs	p. 141
Already	p. 142
Brain	p. 145
End of the Questionnaire	p. 153
Acknowledgments	p. 155
About the Author	p. 157
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