SARAH KATZ—Aureet's Aunt, 1993

(translated from Hebrew)

To the memory of our beloved Aureet

Alas! how has the beautiful Aureet,
whose eyes radiated light and warmth,
suddenly vanished.
She fell into the icy abyss, darkness entrapped her
and we are all surrounded by dark anguish.

How the world has suddenly become cloaked in agony
How parents, siblings, friends and admirers are suddenly left orphans!
and all her friends and relatives are shocked and stunned
and there is not a word of consolation.

Many girls we have known, beautiful and bright,
we have known many accomplished girls,
but only Aureet had the perfection of qualities
Her light was shining day and night.

Her personality emanated to her surroundings
beauty, generosity, warmth and wisdom.
Gracefully spreading her white wings
Singularly dazzling, soaring above the Earth.

You were always modest and flawless, Aureet,
always alert with your perceptive open eyes,
You always remained slightly mysterious,
always slightly shrouded in your enigmatic mist.

May your pure soul be bound with the living
and may it continue to glow eternal light
before God.

My heart is full of grief and agony.
I had a beloved niece
Beautiful, talented, generous,
Yet mysterious, hiding in her shell - -
I did not know her well.

But one special unique day,
a small window opened up - -
Aureet gave me a lovely gift,
a pure sparkling round crystal,
shining with a thousand sparkles.

And it was so clear to me then
that through those sparkling lights
was gazing Aureet's enchanted soul
expressing to me clear pure love.

Now this crystal sphere is so dear to me,
seventy seven times more than before.
It is to me a gentle delicate symbol,
a magnificent symbol of this Nature's daughter,
looking at me through festive attire
with delicate beauty - pure, elemental, genuine.
Aureet, my precious young niece
whom I first saw in Hemed:
Warm big brown bright shining eyes
Sweet angelic white radiant smile
of the beautiful child's bright soul of light.
And so will I keep her memory in my heart forever,
when I see this symbol, that gift,
that through it still is peeking gazing at me
my beloved niece, so pure and sweet.
Forever I will keep in my heart her memory
as a soul of light…