Selected Poems (Engelse vertaling)

164 JEHUDAH HALEVI

60

VISION OF GOD

To meet the fountain of true life I run;
Of this so vain and empty life I tire.
To see my King's face is my sole desire;
Beside Him have I fear or dread of none.

0 that a dream might hold Him in its bond!

1 would not wake; nay, sleep should ne 'er

depart.

Would I might see His face within my heart!
Mine eyes would never ask to look beyond.