If I forget thee, Jerusalem,
Then let my right be forgotten.
Let my right be forgotten,
and my left remember
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Should my right forget,
My left shall forgive
I shall forget all water,
I shall forget my mother.
If I forget thee, Jerusalem,
Let my blood be forgotten.
I shall touch your forehead,
Forget my own
My voice change
For the second and last time
To the most terrible of voices
Or silence.
—Yehuda Amichai
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