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I Sought Thee Daily

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(1021? - 1058) Timeline

English version by
Israel Zangwill

Original Language
Hebrew

Jewish
11th Century

I have sought Thee daily at dawn and twilight,
     I have stretched my hands to Thee, turned my face,
Now the cry of a heart athirst I will utter,
     Like the beggar who cries at my door for grace.
The infinite heights are too small to contain Thee,
     Yet perchance Thou canst niche in the clefts of me.
Shall my heart not treasure the hope to gain Thee,
     Or my yearning fail till my tongue's last plea?
     Nay, surely Thy name I will worship, while breath in my nostrils be.

 

 

 

Themes

  Awakening
  Dawn
  Heart
 
 


Recommended Books


The Dream of the Poem: Hebrew Poetry from Muslim and Christian Spain, 950-1492, Edited by Peter Cole
The Heart and the Fountain: An Anthology of Jewish Mystical Experiences, by Joseph Dan
Music of a Distant Drum: Classical Arabic, Persian, Turkish & Hebrew Poems, Translated by Bernard Lewis
The Penguin Book of Hebrew Verse, Edited by T. Carmi
Poetry for the Spirit: Poems of Universal Wisdom and Beauty, Edited by Alan Jacobs

 

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