Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG OF ISRAEL TO GOD, by YEHUDA HALEVI Poet's Biography First Line: My love! Hast thou forgotten / thy rest Last Line: For I give thee my love. Alternate Author Name(s): Halevi, Judah; Judah Ha-levi; Abu Al-hasan Subject(s): God; Israel; Jews; Praise; Judaism | ||||||||
MY Love! hast Thou forgotten Thy rest Upon my breast? And wherefore hast Thou sold me To be enslaved for aye? Have I not followed Thee upon the way Of olden time within a land not sown? Lo! Seir and Mount Parannor these alone Sinai and Sinyea, these Be all my witnesses. For Thee my love was ever, And mine Thy grace divine; And how hast Thou apportioned My glory away from me? Thrust unto Seir, pursued, sent forth to flee Unto Kedar, nor suffered to abide; Within the Grecian fiery furnace tried; Afflicted, weighed with care, With Media's yoke to bear; And is there any to redeem but Thee? Or other captive with such hope above? Thy strength, O Lord; grant of Thy strength to me! For I give Thee my love. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD A LITTLE HISTORY by DAVID LEHMAN FOR I WILL CONSIDER YOUR DOG MOLLY by DAVID LEHMAN JEWISH GRAVEYARDS, ITALY by PHILIP LEVINE NATIONAL THOUGHTS by YEHUDA AMICHAI SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#3): 2. ANGEL ... by MARVIN BELL BACK, MY SOUL by YEHUDA HALEVI |
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