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Toil And Trouble
Toil means literally intensive work, and may refer to: Literature *Toil (Shlonsky poem), "Toil" (Shlonsky poem) (Hebrew: "Amal"), a 1928 Hebrew-language Zionist settler poem by Avraham Shlonsky *''Toil'', an 1890 English translation of Timofei Bondarev's treatise ''The Triumph of the Farmer or Industry and Parasitism'' *"Toil" (English: "Will"), a Gaelic poem by Seán Ó Ríordáin Music *''The Wings of Fire Vol.II: "Toil"'', a 1997 album by Philippe Leduc (composer), Philippe Leduc *"Toil", a 2008 song by Warship from ''Supply and Depend'' *Toil (album), ''Toil'' (album), a 2012 album by Flatfoot 56 **"Toil", a 2012 song by Flatfoot 56 from the album ''Toil (album), Toil'' Law *Overtime#Time_off_in_lieu, Time off in lieu of overtime payment, also known as comp time See also

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Toil (Shlonsky Poem)
"Toil" (Hebrew: עָמָל Amal) is a 1928 poem by Avraham Shlonsky. The poem forms part of a sequence named after Mount Gilboa. and reflects the author's life six years after his arrival in Palestine, while working on paving roads with other members of the Third Aliyah. The poem begins "We have a small hand with five fingers, Wax fingers thin to breaking. The pulse beats at their beginning and at their end—fingernails." The poem is celebrated for its re-imagining of the religious imagery of Judaism in terms of the settlers' Zionist pioneer construction ethic. An example is found in how Tallit, prayer shawls and Tefillin, phylacteries are used as metaphors to describe the emotions of the pioneers as they build roads: "Dress me, good mother, in a glorious robe of many colors, ..." In the poem "toil" becomes a form of worship itself, or, per Chowers (2012), "an altar at which to worship". Translations The poem has been translated into English several times: *Rebecca Mintz, ''Modern H ...
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