Who asked you, Dinah?
After the assault you could have been saved,
could have washed away the shame
with a little holiness.
Foreskins were given to you —
payment for love.
They chose vengeance on your behalf,
to collect a debt in the form of blood
from that organ that assaulted.
They didn’t do it for you, Dinah.
They did it for themselves.
And you were left silenced
violated —
your lips uncircumcised,
a woman who has lost the chance to be saved.

(translated by Levi Morrow)

מִי שָׁאַל לְדַעְתֵּךְ, דִּינָה?
אַחֲרֵי הַהִתְעַנּוּת יָכוֹלתְּ הֲרֵי לְהִנָּצֵל
לִמְהֹל אֶת זֵכֶר הַבּוּשָׁה
בִּמְעַט קְדֻשָּׁה
עָרְלוֹת נִתְּנוּ לָךְ
מְחִיר הָאַהֲבָה
הֶחְלִיטוּ בִּשְׁבִילֵךְ לָשֵׂאת נָקָם
לִפְרֹעַ חוֹב בְּדָם
אֵבָר זֶה שֶׁפָּגַם
לֹא עָשׂוּ זֹאת בִּשְׁבִילֵךְ, דִּינָה
עָשׂוּ זֹאת בִּשְׁבִילָם
וְאַתְּ נוֹתַרְתְּ שְׁתוּקָה
וּמְחֻלֶּלֶת
שְׂפָתַיִךְ עֲרֵלוֹת, אִשָּׁה אָבְדָה הַהִזְדַּמְּנוּת לְהִוָּשַׁע