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Rubies

Like a merchant ship, strong and wide,
gold and oranges deep inside
more than rubies, more than pearls,
the one I love.

With purple silk and tapestry,
she weaves a blanket to cover me
more than rubies, more than pearls,
the one I love.

The world is woven through us
and I cannot forget
how her fingers hold the thread.

She buys a field, she plants a vine
come the autumn she makes her wine
more than rubies, more than pearls,
the one I love.

Let it rain, let it storm
she keeps her babies safe and warm
more than rubies, more than pearls,
the one I love.

Grace can lie and beauty’s vain
oh but she calls me by my name
more than rubies, more than pearls,
the one I love.

The world is woven through us
I swear I won’t forget
how her fingers hold the thread.


 

An ode to Eshet Chayil, “A Woman of Valor” (Proverbs 31), who turns out to be quite tough – traditionally sung by husbands to wives on Friday night before Shabbat dinner. I retranslated the Hebrew, and married it to an American folk song.

 

 

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    From the album Half You Half Me

    image of cover of "Half You Half Me" album- Girls in Trouble logo and album name on artwork of two winged women connected at the waist, heads nuzzling against each other
    1. We Are Androgynous
    2. Lemons
    3. Tell Me
    4. DNA O Sister
    5. Rubies
    6. Emeralds & Microscopes
    7. Bethesda
    8. O General
    9. Apples
    10. Waltz for a Beheading
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