WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.980 align:middle line:90% 00:00:01.980 --> 00:00:04.500 align:middle line:84% I'd like to finish with two poems. 00:00:04.500 --> 00:00:07.410 align:middle line:84% Because Jerusalem is a town of tourists, 00:00:07.410 --> 00:00:09.345 align:middle line:84% I would like to finish with two poems. 00:00:09.345 --> 00:00:11.870 align:middle line:90% 00:00:11.870 --> 00:00:15.780 align:middle line:84% The first is called "Tourist," and the other next is called, 00:00:15.780 --> 00:00:17.340 align:middle line:90% the last one, "Tourists." 00:00:17.340 --> 00:00:23.560 align:middle line:84% But, actually, in spite of all I've said before, 00:00:23.560 --> 00:00:26.910 align:middle line:84% I think we need sometimes actually tourists 00:00:26.910 --> 00:00:29.730 align:middle line:84% to make us feel good about Jerusalem. 00:00:29.730 --> 00:00:32.700 align:middle line:84% You know, because I think all people need 00:00:32.700 --> 00:00:35.940 align:middle line:84% someone else to tell them what a marvelous place 00:00:35.940 --> 00:00:36.720 align:middle line:90% you are living in. 00:00:36.720 --> 00:00:40.050 align:middle line:84% And a lot of people in this city have been asking me, 00:00:40.050 --> 00:00:42.000 align:middle line:84% said, don't you think it's a marvelous place? 00:00:42.000 --> 00:00:44.180 align:middle line:90% And I really do think so. 00:00:44.180 --> 00:00:45.630 align:middle line:90% And you really need it. 00:00:45.630 --> 00:00:49.050 align:middle line:90% 00:00:49.050 --> 00:00:51.000 align:middle line:90% No, I mean, you-- 00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:53.040 align:middle line:90% "you" includes also me. 00:00:53.040 --> 00:00:54.000 align:middle line:90% It doesn't mean you. 00:00:54.000 --> 00:00:58.050 align:middle line:84% It means you and the-- one needs it. 00:00:58.050 --> 00:01:00.660 align:middle line:84% Anyhow, in these little poems, there's 00:01:00.660 --> 00:01:03.330 align:middle line:84% a mentioning of a place called Katamon, 00:01:03.330 --> 00:01:09.960 align:middle line:84% which is one of the quarters of new Jerusalem. 00:01:09.960 --> 00:01:11.520 align:middle line:90% "Tourist." 00:01:11.520 --> 00:01:15.690 align:middle line:84% "She showed me her swaying hair in the four winds 00:01:15.690 --> 00:01:17.160 align:middle line:90% of her coming. 00:01:17.160 --> 00:01:21.510 align:middle line:84% I showed her some of my folding ways of life 00:01:21.510 --> 00:01:24.270 align:middle line:90% and the trick and the luck. 00:01:24.270 --> 00:01:30.630 align:middle line:84% She asked after my street and my house, and I laughed loudly. 00:01:30.630 --> 00:01:36.570 align:middle line:84% She showed me this long night and the interior 00:01:36.570 --> 00:01:39.090 align:middle line:90% of her 30 years. 00:01:39.090 --> 00:01:44.910 align:middle line:84% I showed her the place where I once laid the feeling. 00:01:44.910 --> 00:01:50.970 align:middle line:84% She showed me the stages of joy and my childhood stubble. 00:01:50.970 --> 00:01:57.090 align:middle line:84% I revealed to her that King David is not buried in his tomb 00:01:57.090 --> 00:02:01.830 align:middle line:84% and said, I don't live in my life. 00:02:01.830 --> 00:02:05.730 align:middle line:84% But I was reflecting, and she was eating. 00:02:05.730 --> 00:02:09.780 align:middle line:84% The city map lay open on the table-- 00:02:09.780 --> 00:02:15.420 align:middle line:84% her hand on Katamon, my hand on hers. 00:02:15.420 --> 00:02:18.840 align:middle line:90% The cup covered the old city. 00:02:18.840 --> 00:02:22.980 align:middle line:84% Ash dropped on the King David Hotel, 00:02:22.980 --> 00:02:29.090 align:middle line:84% and an ancient weeping allowed us to lie together." 00:02:29.090 --> 00:02:30.000 align:middle line:90%