Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A POEM FOR THE SHEKINAH ON THE FEAST OF THE SABBATH, by ISAAC BEN SOLOMON LURIA Poet's Biography First Line: I have sung / an old measure Alternate Author Name(s): Ashkenazi, Isaac Subject(s): Feasts; Mysticism - Judaism | ||||||||
I have sung an old measure would open gates to her field of apples (each one a power) set a new table to feed her & beautifully candelabrum drops its light on us Between right & left the Bride draws near in holy jewels clothes of the sabbath whose lover embraces her down to foundation gives pleasure squeezes his strength out in surcease of sorrow & makes new faces be hers & new souls new breath gives her joy double measure of lights & of streams for her blessing o Friends of the Bride go forth all's sealed within her shines out from Ancient of Days Toward the south I placed candelabrum (o mystical) room in the north for table for bread for pitchers of wine for sweet myrtle gives power to lovers new potencies garlands give her many sweet foods to taste many kinds of fish for fertility birth of new souls new spirits will follow the 32 paths & 3 branches the bride with 70 crowns with her King who hovers above her crown above crown in Holy of Holies this lady all worlds are formed in of words for her 70 crowns 50 gates the Shekinah ringed by 6 loaves of the sabbath & bound all sides to Heavenly Refuge the hostile powers have left us demons you feared sleep in chains Used with the permission of Copper Canyon Press, P.O. Box 271, Port Townsend, WA 98368-0271, www.cc.press.org | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PATRIARCHAL POETRY, SELECTION by GERTRUDE STEIN THE IYYOB TRANSLATION FROM 'A-15' by LOUIS ZUKOFSKY A DEATH FUGUE by PAUL ANTSCHEL I HAVE A GARMENT by ABRAHAM IBN EZRA THE BOOK OF THE LETTER, SELECTION by ABRAHAM ABULAFIA A VISION OF THE VOICE OF YAHVEH by AMOS A POEM FOR THE SEFIROT AS WHEEL OF LIGHT by NAFTALI BACHARACH A POEM FOR THE SMALL FACE by ISAAC BEN SOLOMON LURIA |
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