(1075 - 1141 / Andulusia)

poet Yehudah HaLevi

Poems of Yehudah HaLevi

1. A Longing to Return to the Land of Israel 5/6/2011
2. A Love Song 1/1/2004
3. Admonition 5/7/2011
4. At Morning 5/7/2011
5. Awake, My Fair 1/1/2004
6. Ayin Nedivah ('Generous Eye'): Qasida for Solomon Ibn Ghiyyat 5/7/2011
7. Cups Without Wine 5/7/2011
8. Do These Tears Know? 5/7/2011
9. Fortune's Treachery 5/7/2011
10. God, Whom Shall I Compare To Thee? 5/7/2011
11. He Comes 1/1/2004
12. Hymn for Atonement Day 1/1/2004
13. Marriage Song 1/1/2004
14. Mount Avarim 5/7/2011
15. My Heart Is In The East 5/7/2011
16. My Sweetheart's Dainty Lips 1/1/2004
17. O My Lord, Your Dwelling Places Are Lovely 1/1/2004
18. On the Sea 5/7/2011
19. Sabbath, My Love 1/1/2004
20. Song 5/7/2011

The Mirror

Into my eyes he lovingly looked,
My arms about his neck were twined,
And in the mirror of my eyes,
What but his image did he find?

Upon my dark-hued eyes he pressed
His lips with breath of passion rare.
The rogue! 'Twas not my eyes he kissed;
He kissed his picture mirrored there.

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