The word for 'sin' in Hebrew's 'chayt'*
The dictionary says, but wait --
It really doesn't mean 'to sin'
That meaning is a bit of spin....
'Chayt' really means (to) miss the mark
You take your best shot 'in the dark'
Aim high, so if your aim's not true
To miss the mark's still good for you
So when your 'klop al-chayt' in Schule**
Remember this uplifting rule
If you feel sad Yom Kippur Day***
Your best God surely will repay
~ Iambic Tetrameter ~
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*'chayt' rhymes with 'wait' and is pronounced with the guttural 'ch,' not like the 'ch' in 'chair
**'klop al-chayt' in Schule means to pound your chest/beat your breast in Synagogue (on Yom Kippur)
***Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the Holiest Day of the Jewish Year. Jews fast for 25+ hours and are in synagogue most of the previous evening and that Day, praying for atonement and a merciful final judgment for the coming year, 5780.
Wag
Sekond minuut, na uur na dag
‘n Dag na nag, na week verwag
Poseer die mag terwyl ek wag
Totdat ek sag jou woord hoor lag
Vir liefde, week na maand na jaar
wag soekend hard deur die gevaar.
Die hart soek ook maar wag reeds daar
Die kop het nog nie oor gevaar
Wat help die wagery ‘n mens?
Die wag verwag ook maar ‘n wens
Soos wag-‘n-bietjie tydloos staan
soek tyd ‘n hart om te vermaan
‘n hart klop op sy eie tyd
Die brein bereken net sy spyt
Sinkronisasie sal bepaal
of brein se pas die hart gaan haal
Of wie gaan wag en wie gaan keer
Die kop vir hart - en die hart - vir seer…
Klop
Klop
the w is for women
I have a trouble with all that.
Girls are pretty with soul and mind
and body but no heart.
klop
The sound my mind makes when I am looked at.
You may have a body but you have no heart.
Why do you look at me as If I would start.
To even say a word to you.
klop
I have not got a single dollar.
I have no way to wander up to you.
If you are a person in this world.
Then I am not.
klop
Why do you do that to MY heart.
Charles W Hice
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