Selected Poems (Engelse vertaling)

64 JEHUDAH HALEVI

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THE GARDEN OF HIS DELIGHT

Cant. 4.16. Let my belovèd come into his garden
Cant. 1,12. And prepare his table and his seat,
To feed in the gardens.

The glorious flowers of the garden of his

delight—
On these shall he set his eyes,
To gather lilies;

Cant. 7,14. And shall eat the hidden fruits,
The new and old.

My belovèd, turn in to me,
To my porch and my temples;
To feed in the gardens

Show thyself in my tents,
Among the beds of mine aloe trees¹.
To gather lilies

Behold, for thee, breasts of pomegranates
Given for a gift!

My belovèd is mine and I am his
When I knock at the habitation of his temple;
To feed in the gardens

¹ My tents הלי&_; my aloes אהלי