Jewish poet Abraham Moses Klein (1909-1972) was born in Ratne, Ukraine. When he was still a baby, his family immigrated to Montreal, Quebec.
Tremblement du cœur
Footsteps are bringing beauty hither. She
Opens the door. Why do you start,
Why do you leap the stairs
Ahead of me, my heart?
(Τρέμουλο της καρδιάς)
Βήματα φέρνουν ομορφιά προς τα δω. Εκείνη
ανοίγει την πόρτα. Γιατί ταράζεσαι,
γιατί πηδάς τα σκαλοπάτια
μπροστά μου, καρδιά μου;