"How the passing of Time tries me, its double reckoning my duty and my right: Every day it constructs and ruins me completing thus my life and my death."
— Leah Goldberg

January 1, 1970

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"Time" collected in Lightning in the Morning (1955). Translated from Hebrew by Rachel Tzvia Back and included in Lea Goldberg: Selected Poetry and Drama (2005)