Selected Poems (Engelse vertaling)

98 JEHUDAH HALEVI

But my suffering and oppression are better
than Thine estrangement;

My portion and my pleasure, the sweet fruit
of Thy law.

Let my right hand forget—if I stand not
before Thee;

Ps. 137,5-6. Let my tongue cleave—if I desire aught but
Thy law.

Lo, in mine ears the sound of Thy praise—

The Red Sea and Sinai are witnesses to Thy
greatness:

How shall my thoughts dwell on any but Thee?

My heart and mine eyes will not suffer my
feet to slip,

For this, the Lord, is One; there is none be-
side Him.