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Scott Krane
a philosophe populaire, blogging about Judaism, war & the mimetic arts...

For (His Excellency), The Grand Mufti

For (His Excellency), The Grand Mufti                                                     لمحمد أحمد حسين

standing proud, atoms

and diamonds of light
on tall evergreen trees

which glow at night

on the road to Jerusalem
and masking the past,
at last! ancient masks
olives along the road to Jerusalem

crystal and atoms of light
exquisite beyond flaw
o’ the Jerusalem pines
and I think of God’s Law







يقف فخور ، ذرات

والماس الخفيف
على أشجار طويلة دائمة الخضرة

التي تتوهج في الليل

على طريق القدس
وإخفاء الماضي ،
أخيرا! الأقنعة القديمة
الزيتون على طول الطريق إلى القدس

الكريستال وذرات الضوء
رائعة لا تشوبها شائبة
o صنوبر القدس
وأفكر في قانون الل

		
About the Author
Scott Shlomo Krane has been blogging for TOI since February 2012. His writing has also appeared in The Atlantic, Tablet, Ha'aretz, The Jerusalem Post, the Daily Caller, Mic, JazzTimes and AllAboutJazz.com. Scott was a columnist and breaking news editor for Arutz Sheva-Israel National News (2011-2013). In addition to holding a degree in Judaic Studies and a Master's in English from Bar-Ilan University (for which he wrote his thesis on the poetry of American master, John Ashbery), he has learned Judaism at Hadar Ha'Torah Rabbinical Seminary in Brooklyn.
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