Love
A Slave to Love
Translated by Nina Salaman (1924) · From Selected Poems of Jehudah Halevi (Jewish Publication Society, 1924)
Love
By the life of our troth, my love, by thy life and the life
Of love which hath shot an arrow at me,
Verily have I become a slave to Love, that hath pierced
Mine ear, that hath cloven my heart in twain.
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Codex Note
Salaman no. 23. Love and Bridal Songs.
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