Selected Poems (Engelse vertaling)

74 JEHUDAH HALEVI

jud. 4,10. Unto thee understanding calleth a camp
together.

Prov. 7,18. Thy soul hath taken her fill of the love of
knowledge
And penetrateth unto the last secret;

Ps. 84,4. For she hath found her a nest in thy heart,

Delighting herself in thee and leaning upon thee.
Therefore be fruitful and multiply and give

as heritage to thy seed
The spirit of nobleness which is thine and the

liberal hand;
And see children's children unto thy children,

and may a cloud
Be pouring forth mercy upon them.