The Mind
Forget Thy Affliction
Translated by Israel Zangwill (1923) · From Selected Religious Poems of Solomon ibn Gabirol (1923)
Forget thy affliction, and cease supplication,
Recall thy release from Egyptian rod,
The hand is not short that hath laid earth’s foundation,
Who stretched out the heavens remaineth thy God.
And at thy due season the glory that dwelleth
In Zion shall rest on thy head that great day,
When moonlight as sunlight in radiance welleth
And sunlight shall glow with a sevenfold ray.
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Gabirol, Solomon ibn. “Forget Thy Affliction.” Translated by Israel Zangwill. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ibn-gabirol/49/.
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Gabirol, Solomon ibn. “Forget Thy Affliction.” Translated by Israel Zangwill. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ibn-gabirol/49/.
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