Selected Poems (Engelse vertaling)

106 JEHUDAH HALEVI

job 7,2. While he moaneth like a servant panting after
the shade,

Do Thou lay the majesty of Thy salvation

upon him;
And cry: "How long, O sluggard,
Prov. 6.9. Wilt thou sleep in the house of darkness?

Arise, shine!
isa. 60.1. Now cometh the lights

Zech. 4.7. "Grace, grace," proclaim; and set up two rows
Zech.4,3,11-14. Of olive trees for kindling the lights,
And they shall serve for lamps—
Their oil within the shrine of God resplendent,
For the LightI¹

¹  This verse may possibly be an interpolation to adapt
the poem to Hanukah. The acrostic חזק in addition to
!יהודי is rare with this poet.