Selected Poems (Engelse vertaling)

13 JEHUDAH HALEVI

He will renew His wondrous deeds when thou
renewest

Before Him the dancing song of Mahli and

Mushi's sons;¹And He will restore the souls to the bodies,
And the dry bones shall come to life.

Ps.107,29-30. Then in a moment the waves are stilled,
i Sam. 30.16. Like flocks spread abroad upon the field;

And the night, when the sun hath come down
the steps

Of the starry host, captained now by the moon,
Ps. 45,14 Is like an Ethiopian woman in raiment of gold
Ex. 39,13. And of blue inset with crystals.

And the stars are confused in the heart of the

sea

Like strangers driven out of their homes;
And after their image, in their likeness,

they make light
In the sea's heart, like flames of fire.
The face of the waters and the face of the

heavens, the infinity of sea,
The infinity of night, are grown pure, are

made clear,
And the sea appeareth as a firmament—²
Then are they two seas bound up together;
And between them is my heart, a third sea,
Ps. 89,10. Lifting up ever anew my waves of praise.

¹  Names of tribes of Levitic singers in the Temple.