Love-Song. (Translations From The Hebrew Poets Of Medaeval Spain.)
By Emma Lazarus
"See'st thou o'er my shoulders falling,
Snake-like ringlets waving free?
Have no fear, for they are twisted
To allure thee unto me."
Thus she spake, the gentle dove,
Listen to thy plighted love: -
"Ah, how long I wait, until
Sweetheart cometh back (she said)
Laying his caressing hand
Underneath my burning head."
Abul Hassan Judah Ben Ha-Levi. (Born Between 1080-90.)