Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917.
By Judah Ha-Levi (Trans. H. Pereira Mendes)My Heart Is in the East
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The sweet of human life no happiness can give,
Religion’s duties fail to lift my soul on high;
’Neath Edom Zion writhes, in Arab chains I lie!
No joy in sunny Spain mine eyes can ever see
For Zion, desolate, alone hath charms for me!