Selected Poems (Engelse vertaling)

54 JEHUDAH HALEVI

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WHY RISEST THOU, O SUN

Why risest thou, O sun, why shinest thou?
Es. 2,15. The turn of Abihail's daughter¹ hath come.

She shameth the face of the sun with the

splendour of her form,
She hindereth the host of heaven from their
work.

She chooseth not to dwell in the heavens above,
But maketh her heaven of the myrtle tree.