Selected Poems (Engelse vertaling)

101 JEHUDAH HALEVI

The banner of brotherhood is removed from

me

And the foot of pride is yoke and band upon
me ;^x

And I am chastened with cruel castigation,
Exiled and prisoned, vexed and thrust away;
Without marshal or chief, without king or
prince,

While the foe turneth towards me, and my
Rock turneth away.
He hath ruined in His wrath the Place of

His foot-steps,
And burnt in His indignation His doorposts

and His threshold,
And a fire is kindled in His anger that
burneth unto Sheol.

Will the Lord reject for ever?
Is there no end to the times appointed of my
dreams?

Rise up, O Lord, and let mine adversaries be
scattered,

And return to mine habitations, to the inner-

most shrine;
Reveal to mine eyes Thy glory as from Sinai,
And requite upon them that reproached me¹a recompense for my sorrow.

¹ fallen foe.