זֶה הֶעָפָר הָיָה פַּעַם הָאִישׁ | This Dust was Once the Man, an elegy for President Abraham Lincoln by Walt Whitman (1871), Hebrew translation by Shimon Halkin (1952)

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Date: 2020-02-12

Last Updated: 2022-09-12

Categories: Lincoln's Birthday (February 12th)

Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Abraham Lincoln, assassination, Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, elegies, Hebrew translation, Slaveholders' Rebellion (1861-1865), United States

Excerpt: An elegy by Walt Whitman for President Abraham Lincoln after his assassination, in English with Hebrew translation. . . .


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זֶה הֶעָפָר הָיָה פַּעַם הָאִישׁ —
עָדִין, פָּשׁוּט, יָשָׁר וְתַקִיף — אֲשֶׁר בְּיָדוֹ הַזְּהִירָה,
מוּל הַפֶּשַׁע הַנֶּאֱלָח בְּדִבְרֵי־הַיָּמִים מִכׇּל שֶׁיָּדְעָה אֶרֶץ אוֹ תְּקוּפָה,
הִנָּצֵל נִצְּלָה בְּרִית הַמְּדִינוֹת הָאֵלֶּה.
This dust was once the man,
Gentle, plain, just and resolute, under whose cautious hand,
Against the foulest crime in history known in any land or age,
Was saved the Union of these States.

This Dust was Once a Man” is an elegy written in 1871 by Walt Whitman, a poem on the tragic death of American president Abraham Lincoln. “This Dust Was Once the Man” was included in Book 22 of Whitman’s Leaves of Grass (fifth edition).

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Contributor: Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription)

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