Selected Poems (Engelse vertaling)

68 JEHUDAH HALEVI

There is no darkness before her radiance,
prov. 31.18. Her lamp is not quenched at night;

To the light of day her light is joined,
isa. 30,26. Till it be sevenfold.

This lover hath no friend at his side:
Gen. 2.18. Come thou, be a help for him.

For it is not good that man should be alone,
Ecci. 4.9. But goodly to be twain.

Ezek. 16,8. The times of love draw nigh to thee,
The season cometh to make us one;
So shall draw near the time of times
Cant. 7.1. To the dancing of two camps.