Love
Forsaken (rhymed version)
Translated by Nina Salaman (1924) · From Selected Poems of Jehudah Halevi (Jewish Publication Society, 1924)
I am of little worth, and poor, apart
From him, my glory; and amid the years
My form grows like a shadow; till my heart
Is old, but not by my years’ number; lo,
My witnesses:—the number of the years
Of this my sojourning. Nay, but I grow
So old in his forsaking.—If in truth
He shall come back to me amid the years,
Then shall come back to me with him my youth.
Codex Note
Salaman rhymed translation of no. 38 (Rhymed Translations, at the back of the book). The Hebrew text is translated from an Arabic song.
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Halevi, Judah. “Forsaken (rhymed version).” Translated by Nina Salaman. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/judah-halevi/90/.
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Halevi, Judah. “Forsaken (rhymed version).” Translated by Nina Salaman. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/judah-halevi/90/.
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