{"id":303,"date":"2008-01-09T14:03:21","date_gmt":"2008-01-09T22:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smontagu.org\/blog\/?p=303"},"modified":"2008-01-09T14:07:44","modified_gmt":"2008-01-09T22:07:44","slug":"lost-in-translation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smontagu.org\/blog\/?p=303","title":{"rendered":"Lost in Translation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I really didn&#8217;t think that <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yehuda_Halevi\">Yehuda Halevi<\/a> was within my range as a translator, but this came out quite well:<\/p>\n<blockquote dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"he\">\n<p>\u05d9\u05b0\u05e4\u05b5\u05d4 \u05e0\u05d5\u05b9\u05e3 \u05de\u05b0\u05e9\u05c2\u05d5\u05b9\u05e9\u05c2 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b5\u05d1\u05b5\u05dc \u05e7\u05b4\u05e8\u05b0\u05d9\u05b8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b0\u05de\u05b6\u05dc\u05b6\u05da\u05b0 \u05e8\u05b8\u05d1.<br \/>\n\u05dc\u05b8\u05da\u05b0 \u05e0\u05b4\u05db\u05b0\u05e1\u05b0\u05e4\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e0\u05b7\u05e4\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9 \u05de\u05b4\u05e4\u05bc\u05b7\u05d0\u05b2\u05ea\u05b5\u05d9 \u05de\u05b7\u05e2\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d1!<br \/>\n\u05d4\u05b2\u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05df \u05e8\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05de\u05b7\u05d9 \u05e0\u05b4\u05db\u05b0\u05de\u05b8\u05e8 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b6\u05d6\u05b0\u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e7\u05b6\u05d3\u05b6\u05dd,<br \/>\n\u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05d1\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3\u05b5\u05da\u05b0 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d2\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e0\u05b8\u05d5\u05b5\u05da\u05b0 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d7\u05b8\u05e8\u05b8\u05d1.<br \/>\n\u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b4\u05ea\u05bc\u05b0\u05e0\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc \u05db\u05bc\u05b7\u05e0\u05b0\u05e4\u05b5\u05d9 \u05e0\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd, \u05e2\u05b7\u05d3<br \/>\n\u05d0\u05b2\u05e8\u05b7\u05d5\u05bc\u05b6\u05d4 \u05d1\u05b0\u05d3\u05b4\u05de\u05b0\u05e2\u05b8\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e2\u05b2\u05e4\u05b8\u05e8\u05b5\u05da \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b4\u05ea\u05b0\u05e2\u05b8\u05e8\u05b8\u05d1!<br \/>\n\u05d3\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b7\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05da\u05b0, \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b4\u05dd \u05de\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05db\u05bc\u05b5\u05da\u05b0 \u05d0\u05b5\u05d9\u05df \u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05da\u05b0 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b4\u05dd \u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05de\u05b0\u05e7\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd<br \/>\n\u05e6\u05b3\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d2\u05bc\u05b4\u05dc\u05b0\u05e2\u05b2\u05d3\u05b5\u05da \u2013 \u05e0\u05b8\u05d7\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1 \u05e9\u05c2\u05b8\u05e8\u05b8\u05e3 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d2\u05b7\u05dd \u05e2\u05b7\u05e7\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d1.<br \/>\n\u05d4\u05b2\u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d0\u05b2\u05d1\u05b8\u05e0\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05da\u05b0 \u05d0\u05b2\u05d7\u05d5\u05b9\u05e0\u05b5\u05df \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b6\u05e9\u05bc\u05c1\u05b8\u05e7\u05b5\u05dd<br \/>\n\u05d5\u05b0\u05d8\u05b7\u05e2\u05b7\u05dd \u05e8\u05b0\u05d2\u05b8\u05d1\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05da\u05b0 \u05dc\u05b0\u05e4\u05b4\u05d9 \u05de\u05b4\u05d3\u05bc\u05b0\u05d1\u05b7\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d9\u05b6\u05e2\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d1!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote lang=\"en\">\n<p>Fair hill-top, world&#8217;s rejoicing, city of the Mighty King,<br \/>I long for you with all my soul from distant Western lands!<br \/>It grieves me to remember how you were in days of old:<br \/>Your glory, now in exile, and your temple which is ruined.<br \/>Let me fly on wings of eagles till I come to you and water<br \/>Your dry dust, and mix it with my tears!<br \/>How I searched for you! Even though you have no king,<br \/>And scorpions and snakes instead of balm of Gilead,<br \/>I will stroke your stones and kiss them, and your earth<br \/>Will be sweeter than the taste of honey in my mouth!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I really didn&#8217;t think that Yehuda Halevi was within my range as a translator, but this came out quite well: \u05d9\u05b0\u05e4\u05b5\u05d4 \u05e0\u05d5\u05b9\u05e3 \u05de\u05b0\u05e9\u05c2\u05d5\u05b9\u05e9\u05c2 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b5\u05d1\u05b5\u05dc \u05e7\u05b4\u05e8\u05b0\u05d9\u05b8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b0\u05de\u05b6\u05dc\u05b6\u05da\u05b0 \u05e8\u05b8\u05d1. \u05dc\u05b8\u05da\u05b0 \u05e0\u05b4\u05db\u05b0\u05e1\u05b0\u05e4\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e0\u05b7\u05e4\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9 \u05de\u05b4\u05e4\u05bc\u05b7\u05d0\u05b2\u05ea\u05b5\u05d9 \u05de\u05b7\u05e2\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d1! \u05d4\u05b2\u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05df \u05e8\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05de\u05b7\u05d9 \u05e0\u05b4\u05db\u05b0\u05de\u05b8\u05e8 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b6\u05d6\u05b0\u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e7\u05b6\u05d3\u05b6\u05dd, \u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05d1\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3\u05b5\u05da\u05b0 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d2\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e0\u05b8\u05d5\u05b5\u05da\u05b0 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d7\u05b8\u05e8\u05b8\u05d1. \u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b4\u05ea\u05bc\u05b0\u05e0\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc \u05db\u05bc\u05b7\u05e0\u05b0\u05e4\u05b5\u05d9 \u05e0\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd, \u05e2\u05b7\u05d3 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e8\u05b7\u05d5\u05bc\u05b6\u05d4 \u05d1\u05b0\u05d3\u05b4\u05de\u05b0\u05e2\u05b8\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e2\u05b2\u05e4\u05b8\u05e8\u05b5\u05da \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b4\u05ea\u05b0\u05e2\u05b8\u05e8\u05b8\u05d1! \u05d3\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b7\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05da\u05b0, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smontagu.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smontagu.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smontagu.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smontagu.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smontagu.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.smontagu.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smontagu.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smontagu.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smontagu.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}