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Re: Poem by Judah Halevi

http://LuellaMay.gaia.com — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 18:36:51 GMT

Oh! This is most beautiful!

Kindest regards,

Luella May

http://mettakaruna.gaia.com — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 15:43:40 GMT

Thank you so much for posting this!

I love the line: I hoard your name

If we were a group of Sufis sitting around, I would ask you to repeat it over and over... it is wonderful!

Metta

http://toldot.gaia.com — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 07:55:17 GMT

With all my strength and spirit, I adore

You, Truth, aloud and in my secret core.

I hoard your name. And who can rob this spoil?

He is my love. What other could I crave?

He is my light. How could my lamp need oil?

How can I falter, leaned on such a stave?

They mock, and do not know that mockery,

Because I praise your name, is praise to me.

Source of my life, your praise shall sound as long

As I can breathe my fervor into song.

Judah Halevi was a Spanish Hebrew poet and philospherwho lived during the 11th and 12th centuries. Translation by Olga Marx.