Yehudah Halevi Sun Poems
- 1. On The Sea
I.
My God, break not the breakers of the sea,
Nor command to the deep, 'Become dry'.
Until I thank Your mercies, and I thank
... - 2. Marriage Song
Fair is my dove, my loved one,
None can with her compare:
Yea, comely as Jerusalem,
Like unto Tirzah fair.
... - 3. Sabbath, My Love
greet my love with wine and gladsome lay;
Welcome, thrice welcome, joyous Seventh Day!
Six slaves the weekdays are; I share
... - 4. The Fair Maiden
The night when the fair maiden revealed the likeness of her form to me,
The warmth of her cheeks, the veil of her hair,
Golden like a topaz, covering
A brow of smoothest crystalâ??
... - 5. The Meeting Of The Stars
The stars of the world have joined to-day.
-Mid the host on high none are found like these.
The Pleiads desire such unity,
For no breath can come between them.
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