Playing Poetry Roni Dalumi sings Ballad for a Woman by Tirza Atar

Ballad for a Woman Singer: Roni Dalumi Lyrics: Tirza Atar Music: Moshe Wilensky Conductor: Guy Feder Arrangement: Beni Nagari Many consider Ballad for a Woman by Tirza Atar to be her last poem, due to the lines, Even the books in the closed and sad room, Already knew she s not alright, She s leaving forever But despite it all, it s all Tirza Atar translated many theatrical works, and her last poem was written for the play Dead Fish ( Four Women in the Hebrew translation) by Pam Gems. On October 7, 1977, the day the song was recorded, Tirza Atar fell to her death from the window of her sixthfloor apartment in Tel Aviv. Ballad for a Woman reminds one of Poppies in October by American poet Sylvia Plath (translated into Hebrew by Tirza Atar), who wrote in the 1960 s about her attempted suicide. Even the elevated clouds could not in Atar