I Am a Penniless Prophet
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I Am a Penniless Prophet 
Yehuda Amichai
 
 
I am a penniless prophet, like a child who has 
 only two colors. I paint my life in war 
 and love, in noise and stillness. 
 
The great prophets threw away half their prophecies 
 like the half-smoked cigarettes of a nervous smoker1
 I pick them up and make them into penniless prophecies. 
 
In the water towers the water is silent, 
 in empty pipes the un-water wails2 and growls3
 
Words soak up "blood, sweat, and tears" 
 and are thrown into the garbage. Disposable words 
 like paper tissues. Disposable people, 
 that is their forever. 
 
Words should have been empty 
 and narrow and hard, like a watershed, 
 despair and hope, joy and sorrow, tranquillity4 and rage 
 should have flowed to both sides 
 for a new cycle. 
 
I am a penniless prophet. I live within the hopes of others, 
 as within a beam of light not meant to light me up, 
 I cast the shadow of my image, of my likeness, 
 my body hides the famous lovely view. 
 I come between the seer and his vision. 
 
I am a penniless prophet who comes home at noon 
 to eat and rest and, in the evening, sleep. 
 I get an annual vacation and sabbatical years 
 and soul insurance and a pension for old age. 
 
I began my life so low. 
 When I go up high in the drunkenness of my soul, 
 when I reach the height of my visions, 
 I find myself with everyday people 
 who have children and jobs and family cares 
 and household chores. These are my visions. I am a penniless prophet.


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1 smoker GiqzKx     
n.吸烟者,吸烟车厢,吸烟室
参考例句:
  • His wife dislikes him to be a smoker.他妻子不喜欢他当烟民。
  • He is a moderate smoker.他是一个有节制的烟民。
2 wails 6fc385b881232f68e3c2bd9685a7fcc7     
痛哭,哭声( wail的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The child burst into loud wails. 那个孩子突然大哭起来。
  • Through this glaciated silence the white wails of the apartment fixed arbitrary planes. 在这冰封似的沉寂中,公寓的白色墙壁构成了一个个任意的平面。 来自英汉非文学 - 科幻
3 growls 6ffc5e073aa0722568674220be53a9ea     
v.(动物)发狺狺声, (雷)作隆隆声( growl的第三人称单数 );低声咆哮着说
参考例句:
  • The dog growls at me. 狗向我狂吠。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • The loudest growls have echoed around emerging markets and commodities. 熊嚎之声响彻新兴的市场与商品。 来自互联网
4 tranquillity 93810b1103b798d7e55e2b944bcb2f2b     
n. 平静, 安静
参考例句:
  • The phenomenon was so striking and disturbing that his philosophical tranquillity vanished. 这个令人惶惑不安的现象,扰乱了他的旷达宁静的心境。
  • My value for domestic tranquillity should much exceed theirs. 我应该远比他们重视家庭的平静生活。
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