Selected Poems (Engelse vertaling)

160 JEHUDAH HALEVI

'Mid the perfect and wise shall thy portion lie,
So thou be discreet where thou turnest thee;
And thine house shall be builded immovably,
And "Peace" thou shalt call, and God shall
reply;

And peace shall be thine abode; and sealed
Thy bond with the stones of the field.

Thy glory shall rise, nor make delay;

And thee shall He call and choose; and thy
light

In the gloom, in the darkness of the night,
Then shall break forth like the dawn of day;
And out from the shining light of the morn
Shall the dew of thy youth be born.