The man with the heart of paper thin copper by Sigalit Cassuto

A man and his wife very poor, lived in a village,

The man took out milk to drink, and there was a huge spillage,

He could feel his heart speeding very fast, and knew something was wrong

His wife hurried with her husband to the doctor

And expressed her sorrow in a song.

She stopped singing the song,

When the doctor came up to her,

And gave her her news she didn’t long,

He said this man has a heart problem,

The only way to fix it, is to make a heart of thin copper

The wife cried out in pain,

Where am I  supposed to find copper?

But the doctor couldn’t stop her.

As she ran out of the room,

Knowing there was only doom.

All of a sudden,

An old man walked up to the doctor,

He said he knew these problems,

And he knows how to solve them.

He said, I have a heart made of paper thin copper,

And I’ll give it to the lady who jumps like a grasshopper.

I’ve lived long enough,

Now it’s time to pass it to a young man more tough.

The wife couldn’t bear to hear this,

Won’t the old man’s life he’ll miss?

The doctor said okay fine,

It’s better than a heart made of grime.

The doctor did his surgery,

The wife was pacing frantically,

The doctor finished,

And the woman listened,

He said everything went okay,

But your husband has a small price to pay.

The woman asked, what do you mean?

The doctor answered,

No love is left in his heart, only paper thin copper.

And the woman jumped back like a grasshopper.

The woman asked the doctor,

So how will he live?

The doctor answered,

Please, madam forgive,

He will have to live alone forever,

Far away from his family and friends together.

This time the woman gave a horrific scream,

And ran out of the hospital ad fast as she could,

Only to find she would live in a cave, forever in a dream.

From that day on, the husband lived,

Living a lonely life he would never forgive.

The wife had finished to scream,

But only to lay in the cave forever in a dream.