Songs of Exile

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Songs of Exile (1901)
various poets, translated by Nina Davis

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A collection of medieval Hebrew poetry translated into English. Many of these translations were first published in The Jewish Quarterly Review.

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NINA·DAVIS

SONGS OF EXILE

נַפְשִׁי לַאדֹנָי מִשֹּׁמְרִים לַבֹּקֶר שֹׁמְרִים לַבֹּקֶר׃

My soul waiteth for the Lord more than watchmen look for the morning, yea, more than watchmen for the morning.—Ps. cxxx, 6.

זמרות בלילה

Songs of Exile

By Hebrew Poets

Translated by

Nina Davis

Philadelphia

The Jewish Publication Society of America

1901

Copyrighted, 1901, by

The Jewish Publication Society of America.

Press of
Edward Stern & Co., Inc.
Philadelphia

TO MY FATHER

CONTENTS

TITLE	AUTHOR	PAGE
Prelude: Ode on Chazanuth		9
The Prophet Jeremiah by the Cave of Machpelah	Elasar ben Kalir	12
The Prophet Jeremiah and the Personification of Israel	Attributed to Elasar ben Kalir	18
A Song of Redemption	Solomon Ibn Gabirol	24
Morning Song	Solomon Ibn Gabirol	29
A Song of Love	Unknown	30
Ode to Zion	Jehudah Halevi	36
Where Shall I Find Thee?	Jehudah Halevi	44
Song of Israel to God	Jehudah Halevi	47
Israel's Duration	Jehudah Halevi	49
The Lord is My Portion	Jehudah Halevi	50
Song of the Oppressed	Jehudah Halevi	51
Longing	Jehudah Halevi	52
A Love Song	Jehudah Halevi	53
Wedding Song	Jehudah Halevi	54
To the Glory of Jerusalem	Jehudah Halevi	58
Loved of My Soul	Jehudah Halevi	60
Song of Loneliness	Jehudah Halevi	63
The Fast of Tebeth	Joseph bar Samuel Tob Elem	64
Hymn of Weeping	Amittai	68
Hymn of Refuge	Isaac ben Samuel and Solomon ben Samuel	70
I Am the Suppliant	Baruch ben Samuel	72
The Burning of the Law	Meïr of Rothenburg	82
Dirge for the Ninth of Ab	Unknown	92
Hoshana	Unknown	98
The Ark of the Covenant	From the Talmud	102
The Ideal Minister	From the Talmud	111
The Giving of the Law	From Midrash Rabbah	115
The Ages of Man	Attributed to Abraham Ibn Ezra	118
The Song of Chess	Attributed to Abraham Ibn Ezra	126
Sketch of the Game of Chess	Bon Senior Abn Yachia	132
Poem on Chess	Unknown	140
The Death of Moses	From Midrash Tanchuma	143

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.

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