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Shmuel Yosef Agnon
The Western Wall, the Remains of Our Delight from Days of Yore
And the Western Wall, the remains of our delight from days of yore,
That the Holy One Blessed Be He left us in his great mercy
High as twelve storeys of men – against the 12 tribes of Israel
So that each of them shall direct his heart from Israel
According to his height and according to his tribe
And it is built of large stones, and each stone is four cubits by six cubits
And there is nothing alike them in any building in the world
And they are placed without mortar and without cement between them
And nevertheless they are joined as one
Alike the Israeli parliament which does not have any governments that will bind it
Nevertheless it is one division in the world.
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