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HOMECOMING by ALBERT EHRENSTEIN

First Line: WHERE ARE YOUR ANCIENT WAVES, O RIVER
Last Line: ARE WOMEN WITH CHILDREN.
Subject(s): HOMECOMING;

Where are your ancient waves, O river,
And where are your rounded leaves,
You acacia trees of my youth?
And where is the fresh snow of perished winters?

I turn homewards and do not find home,
The houses wear different clothes,
Shamelessly they have gathered into unrecognizable streets,
The girls with braided hair whom I loved most shyly
Are women with children.



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