Selected Poems (Engelse vertaling)

140 JEHUDAH HALEVI

They that come unto Thee within the covenant
of Thy seal,

They that from the birth are consecrated to
Thy name—

They show¹ their sign unto all that see them,

And on the corners of their garment they make
fringes.

For whom is this one inscribed ? Discern now
the truth:

Gen. 38,25. Whose are the signet and the threads of blue?—

Ah, turn again to consecrate her, and cast her
out no more;

cant. 2,17. And let the light of her sun arise, and the
shadows flee away.

The belovèd exalt Thee; with song they come
before thee:

Ex. 15.11• "Who is like unto Thee, O Lord, among the
mighty?"

¹  Brody: ־הךאי, Heidenheim reads הראה. (See rhymed
version).