My Heart Is in the East Poem by Judah Halevi

My Heart Is in the East



My heart is in the East, tho' in the West I live,
The sweet of human life no happiness can give,
Religion's duties fail to lift my soul on high;
'Neath Edom Zion writhes, in Arab chains I lie!
No joy in sunny Spain mine eyes can ever see
For Zion, desolate, alone hath charms for me!

translated by H. Pereira Mendes

Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: chains,duties,happiness
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