| 1) |  | Oh
Lebanon! All of your fruits I've tasted. | 2) |  | A
lesson in everyday Arabic. | 3) |  | A
concrete block - that's the defense the IDF supplies. In the end they even take
that. |
| 4) |  | Lebanese
soil - to prepare mud, add water and a crazy foreign policy. | 5) |  | Rain
water - especially fitting for the preparation of Lebanese mud. | 6) |  | A
must in every battle belt. |
| 7) |  | Once
they had fences (and fields) these Lebanese. | 8) |  | Pleasant
guard duty. | 9) |  | A
few days of activity in the "war room". |
| 10) |  | A
stone - like that thrown at us, and from the same place. There's no lack of more
stones, children to throw them, or reasons. | 11) |  | A
stone - from Miki's grave. I wanted to throw this one. | 12) |  | There's
no bag that can contain the tears of a bereaved mother or of a young widow - the
sorrow and the pain. |
| 13) |  | Sefi's
mother always thought that this poem caught the distinctiveness of Israeli mourning. | 14) |  | War
or no war, a beach is a beach, waves are waves. | 15) |  | Ah!
Two and a half years ago. |
| 16) |  | A
miniscule part of the IDF's bequeathment. | 17) |  | Lebanese
trash - find the differences. | 18) |  | If
there are no supplies, let them eat bread. |
| 19) |  | Here
they don't ask - "soldier, you got chewin' gum?". | 20) |  | Yes,
Menachem. There are children in Lebanon. | 21) |  | Oh,
Lorrilee! Warm me tonight! |
| 22) |  | A
sure cure for getting rid of phantom spirits in the night. | 23) |  | An
illuminating mortar - to light up the sky and wake me up. | 24) |  | A
real wounded person - even if he is just a "localer". |
| 25) |  | Handcuffs
for a suspect - until it becomes clear that " "localers" also need their hands
in order to urinate. | 26) |  | At
a moment of sunlight, a bonfire - to dry out our boots and our bones. | 27) |  | A
taste of the home front. |
| 28) |  | A
popular Lebanese laundry soap - good against dirt, terrorists and conscience. | 29) |  | Tatters
from the tattered flag that few above our outpost. | 30) |  | Yes,
they stink. |
| 31) |  | Crotch-rot
- a torture even the Shi'ites didn't invent. | 32) |  | A
soldier's thoughts are clearest in the outhouse. | 33) |  | When
it's totally unclear what tomorrow will bring, a "countdown calendar" becomes
extremely makeshift. |
| 34) |  | It
isn't heroism, but you can't get through without small injuries. | 35) |  | Together
we'll get through this headache. | 36) |  | When
leaving, one of us looks around and exclaims - "white marking tape always gets
left behind". |
| 37) |  | My
first shave after almost two weeks of water from jerrycans only. | 38) |  | No
words necessary. | * |  | Introduction |
