Selected Poems (Engelse vertaling)

156 JEHUDAH HALEVI

Thy God desired thee for a dwelling-place;
And happy is the man whom He shall
choose,

And draw him nigh to rest within thy space.

Happy is he that waiteth:—he shall go

To thee, and thine arising radiance see
When over him shall break thy morning glow;

And see rest for thy chosen; and sublime

Rejoicing find amid the joy of thee
Returned unto thine olden youthful time.