Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917.
By Judah Al-Harizi (Trans. I. A.)Wine Song
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Where flitting shadows come and go,
With myrtles crowned and roses we
The joys of wine will freely know.
In wine shalt thou discover here
Thy inner fires, thy mental craft,
Increasing with each passing year.
To God are but short lasting hours;
A moment’s death, a moment’s birth,
To God is one long year of ours.
Through one God-year a thousand fold;
That I, forever young might quaff
Oceans of wine that e’er grows old.