Love
The Meeting of the Stars
Translated by Nina Salaman (1924) · From Selected Poems of Jehudah Halevi (Jewish Publication Society, 1924)
The stars of the world have joined to-day.
'Mid the host on high none are found like these.
The Pleiads desire such unity,
For no breath can come between them.
The star of the east hath come to the west;
He hath found the sun among the daughters thereof.
He hath set up a bower of thick branches;
He hath made of them a tent for the sun.
Codex Note
Salaman no. 31. Love and Bridal Songs.
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Halevi, Judah. “The Meeting of the Stars.” Translated by Nina Salaman. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/judah-halevi/37/.
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