It has lately been a 12 months because the loss of life of Meir Shalev, a pal of Amnon Ribak. The poet Rybak eulogized him in verses from his pen, and lately printed his lyrical obituary. Right here it’s:
(Picture: Gili Chen)
I’ve identified you for a few years
That you simply have been nonetheless cute Elam
Younger and inventive, neighborhood hero..
Bekur Mechabati, Metropolis of Jerusalem.
This can be a track and reward after you’ve got handed.
In accordance with my reminiscence from that point
lady you’re the best
and election time once we grew to become neighbors.
And also you grew to become the neighbor of your workplace constructing..
Within the metropolis middle on Hillel Road,
However you might be in your approach from Beit Shammai.
writing poetry and lots of novels,
Yediot Akhronat you vent,
They’re those who introduced you to the Mishkan.
A wall separates us, and my songs are usually not completed.
My enterprise thought and life exercise
She was completely different from yours filled with creativeness and love..
And on the top of your writing, you wrote for youngsters..
Songs and lyrics that haven’t been sung to today Nes Liham..
They’re a treasure trove of phrases that ignite the creativeness.
I felt like “father is embarrassing”..
Who can not write a couple of traces to his kids.
“he comforted”
A e-book for youngsters
I grew to become a celeb in 1000’s of properties..
A small bend on the finish of the city,
Leap from little one to little one in each class..
A daily visitor on the kindergartens,
You’ll by no means cease laying eggs..
however with good will in the best way of songs,
He’ll discover you a approach to the world of worlds..
Near morning whereas chatting..
On flat bread within the morning with steaming espresso,
B. Michael is a well-known author,
and Ephraim Sidon Iscolot
which I received to know via deep conversations..
In your small workplace, however filled with poetry
Lights and shadows of writing methods. .
And to your kindness in Fats Shaharit
We sat as an unconnected group
I’m the younger man accountable for the ambiance.
And we sailed in our creativeness on a peaceable land..
However you might be his pure mild..
You misplaced your peace that harm the nation..
You grew to become one other particular person with a scarcity of peace..
As a result of it is your final title..
And naturally not you!!
Land of Israel, love of your soul,
The generations of the nation dwell close to you,
Shabbat travels together with your father Yitzchak,
Create a bespectacled child distant wash
Brief and filled with creativeness
Removed from the group and distant to Eifa, a troublesome function
you probably did as you might be..
A son will observe in his father’s footsteps
And he will probably be a author with an actual creativeness..
With the love of Israel till nothing is sufficient..
With a brief fuse that misplaced its cool..
And with a artistic pen that expresses his writing..
And there got here out a carved product of iron sheep
Trigger and impact. .
Might future generations drink to their coronary heart’s content material…!
You’re the son of the writer Yitzchak Shalu
And the theology instructor Batia. .
Your sister Rafaela is my classmate..
As a baby, my coronary heart was grasping..
And he or she was already crying, I needed you to be my pal..
You have been my neighbor within the workplace on the honorable road of Hillel..
And for a few years we trade experiences for mornings…
About politics and enterprise, literature and different issues
Issues that disturbed the nation in giant portions..
Once we received into your previous Jeep Land Rover
I supplied me espresso within the Judean desert,
About little Pinjan who was a policeman in your automobile..
Since you reside within the desert. .
And the Spirit of the furnace pot is your quarry.
and in Your pal Michael will testify concerning the time
We met once more in your workplace..
Within the mornings of dialogue about Ha Veda..
I’ll go to the ladies’ day within the neighborhood…in Kiryat Moshe…an previous neighborhood…
And you might be 5 years older than me.
which is so much in these instances..
My classmate Rafaela lives as an archer
From my home within the space. .
I visited your home occasionally for days..
As a result of Rafaela and I are pals..
And also you have been already a soldier in these days..
You have been wounded within the intestine by the views of pals..
And carrying a limp for years. .
Your contribution to the nation that flowed in your blood
Since you weren’t born in 2008.
Leaving a legacy of fine books. .
which is sound and symbolic of the scriptures
For generations of poets.. who put them in our lives.
“Russian novel” Mine do quarry..
The Jezreel Valley the place your loved ones grew up..
You could have seen in your picture the younger boy who’s the hero of the novel… you’re the one who grew up within the valley
And his household round him till he died.
You cleared Tal Haemek and have become a author.
which stuffed many imaginary tales..
Because the Jezreel Valley and particularly Nahalel..
A house and incubator for written tales
Thanks for the fantastic thing about the proposal..
“Esau,” you wrote an amazing e-book,
By which you wrote literature and likewise a poem..
Grief and disappointment are intertwined within the mafia
of a household based in grief..
Separation of brothers from the mafia household. .
And Esau will prosper in a international land.
he left scars in Jacob’s coronary heart
who was a easy man and lived in tents..
Baking bread and milling oats. .
In entrance of Esau who returned after a long time..
Glad however not completely satisfied..
The readers will choose who’s among the many winners.
From the household of bakers. .
And you’re the one that wrote the novel..
Obtain the photograph in your good cellphone. .
As a neighbor to the workplace I used to be very completely satisfied..
get your e-book .