Dew Drop

A drop of dew, a fragment of dew (אגל means “drop”).

("Does the rain have a father, or who begot the dew drops?" – Job 38:28; also: "I am still pure, modest, and shy; my soul is clear within me like a dew drop in the throat of the hyacinth, and my heart is bright like a fragment of water on the lip of a crystal cup" – H.N. Bialik / Megilat HaEsh (6); also: "This is the weight of the world in a dew drop. This is the net / the last wine, the purity and the essence" – N. Alterman / Tamtzit HaErev; also: "And to you I will give as a gift / my last love / and a dew drop on a rose / for this is all I have / nothing more" – H. Hefer / Ahava Aharona; also: "Mother, mother, mother, have they ever told you / that the sound of your laughter is clear like a dew drop on a rose?" – Chaim Hefer / HaIm HaIm)

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