Now back in print, this collection compiled by a distinguished Israeli poet and scholar draws on a multitude of journals, rare editions, and liturgical collections from all over the world. Poems are presented in the original Hebrew and in English translation. The volume illuminates the historical and literary background of a tradition that spans 3,000 years and has flourished within many cultures.
The Penguin Book of Hebrew Verse (Penguin Classics)
and over one million other books are available for Amazon Kindle.
Learn more
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
Review
The Battle Of Blood And Ink by Abraham Abulafia
Zechariah, The Messiah by Abraham Abulafia
Confession by Abraham Ben Samuel
The Narcissus by Abraham Hakohen
The Old Cloak by Abraham Ibn Ezra
Out Of Luck by Abraham Ibn Ezra
The Patron by Abraham Ibn Ezra
Penitential Prayer by Abraham Ibn Ezra
The Exit From The City by Nathan Alterman
The Foundling by Nathan Alterman
In The Market Place by Nathan Alterman
The Lamb by Nathan Alterman
A Stranger Comes To The City by Nathan Alterman
The Woman Said: My God, You Have Appointed Me by Nathan Alterman
The City In Which I Was Born Was Destroyed By Cannon by Yehuda Amichai
Half The People In The World Love The Other Half by Yehuda Amichai
My Father Took Part In Their War For Four Years by Yehuda Amichai
On The Day Of Atonement In 1967 by Yehuda Amichai
Out Of Three Or Four In A Room by Yehuda Amichai
A Pity, We Were A Good Invention by Yehuda Amichai
For The Marriage Of Cassia, The Poet's Sister by Amittai Ben Shephatiah
God The Artist by Amittai Ben Shephatiah
Moses' Journey Through Heaven by Amittai Ben Shephatiah
The Martyrs Of Blois by Barukh Of Magenza
Cranes From The Threshold by Yocheved Bat-miriam
Happy Are They Who Sow But Do Not Reap by Avraham Ben-yitzhak
Whose Dawn Did The Cock Proclaim? by Avraham Ben-yitzhak
Praise In Heaven And On Earth by Benjamin Ben Zerah
At Twilight, Come Over To The Window And Lean Upon Me by Chaim Nachman Bialik
It Was Summer Evening by Chaim Nachman Bialik
My Soul Has Sunk Down by Chaim Nachman Bialik
On The Slaughter by Chaim Nachman Bialik
A Twig Alighted On A Fence And Dozed by Chaim Nachman Bialik
Winter Songs, Sels. by Chaim Nachman Bialik
David's Lament Over Saul And Jonathan by Bible
Dirge On The Fall Of Jerusalem by Bible
Hezekiah's Hymn Of Thanksgiving by Bible
In Praise Of The Creator by Bible
The Inaccessibility Of Wisdom by Bible
The Indictment Of Israel by Bible
The Lost Lover by Bible
The Maiden's Dance by Bible
A Psalm Of David by Bible
The Seal Of Love by Bible
Simeon The High Priest (simeon Ben Sira) by Bible
The Song Of Deborah by Bible
The Song Of The Sea by Bible
Taunt Ridge by Bible
A Cold Comfort by Caleb Afendopolo
Nhe Sacrificea by David Bar Meshullam Of Speyer
A Reproach by David Ben Nasi
Silence And Praise by David Hakohen
Bliss by David Onkinerah
Her Hair by David Onkinerah
The Vow by David Onkinerah
Wounds Of Love by David Onkinerah
The Birth Of The Messiah by Dead Sea Scrolls
The Mystery To Come by Dead Sea Scrolls
The Parable Of Trees by Dead Sea Scrolls
The Poet Refuses An Invitation To Drink by Dunash Ben Labrat
The I, A Scream by Israel Efrat
The Battle Between Behemoth And Leviathan by Eleazar Ben Kallir
The Dialogue Of Zion And God by Eleazar Ben Kallir
Epithalamium by Eleazar Ben Kallir
He Shall Be King by Eleazar Ben Kallir
Jeremiah And The Beautiful Woman by Eleazar Ben Kallir
Beloved Of My Soul by Eliezer Azikri
The Murder Of Bellet And Hannah by Eliezer Bar Juad Of Worms
The Doctor Who Fell Prey To Love by Ephraim Luzzato
Kidney Sonnet by Ephraim Luzzato
Of Myself by Ephraim Luzzato
Lament For The Massacre At Blois by Ephraim Of Bonn
The Slaughter Of Isaac And His Revival by Ephraim Of Bonn
Be Not Far From Me by Ephraim Of Regensburg
To God In Exile by Ephraim Of Regensburg
I Said To The Stones by Ezekiel Hakohen
The Shulammite by Jacob Fichman
And My Brother Said Nothing by Amir Gilboa
The Face Of Joshua by Amir Gilboa
Finally, I Go To The Man Who Sets Snares For Birds by Amir Gilboa
In The Darkness by Amir Gilboa
Isaac by Amir Gilboa
Moses by Amir Gilboa
From My Mother's House by Lea Goldberg
Observations Of A Bee by Lea Goldberg
Tel Aviv 1935 by Lea Goldberg
Heritage by Hayim Gouri
Relatives by Hayim Gouri
At The Rim Of The Heavens by Uri Zvi Greenberg
The Man Who Stepped Out Of His Shoes by Uri Zvi Greenberg
On A Night Of Rain In Jerusalem by Uri Zvi Greenberg
The Severing Of The Wing by Uri Zvi Greenberg
With My God, The Blacksmith by Uri Zvi Greenberg
The Cruel Lover by Yehuda Halevi
The Excuse by Yehuda Halevi
For The Day Of Atonement by Yehuda Halevi
The Home Of Love by Yehuda Halevi
The Laundress by Yehuda Halevi
The Lord Is My Portion by Yehuda Halevi
Lord, Where Shall I Find You? by Yehuda Halevi
A Mother's Lament by Yehuda Halevi
The Murder Of Zechariah by Yehuda Halevi
My Heart Is In The East by Yehuda Halevi
Ode To Zion by Yehuda Halevi
On The High Seas by Yehuda Halevi
The Poet Imagines His Voyage by Yehuda Halevi
The Pure Lover by Yehuda Halevi
The Sensitive Doe by Yehuda Halevi
Song At Sea by Yehuda Halevi
Song Of Farewell by Yehuda Halevi
To Israel, In Exile by Yehuda Halevi
To The Rivals by Yehuda Halevi
To The Soul by Yehuda Halevi
To The Western Wind by Yehuda Halevi
Tombstone Inscription by Yehuda Halevi
The True Vision by Yehuda Halevi
Zion Complains To God by Yehuda Halevi
The True Judge by Shmuel Halkin
Sweet Death by Haya Gaon
Man by Immanuel Dei Rossi
The Dilemma by Immanuel Frances
Epitaph For A Big-nosed Man by Immanuel Frances
Epitaph For A Dwarf by Immanuel Frances
Epitaph For A Hunchback by Immanuel Frances
Epitaph For A Wife by Immanuel Frances
Epitaph For An Angry Fool by Immanuel Frances
Her Eyes by Immanuel Frances
The Innkeeper's Song by Immanuel Frances
The Old Whore's Lament by Immanuel Frances
To His Gadabout Wife by Immanuel Frances
Advice To The Messiah by Immanuel Of Rome
Eden And Hell by Immanuel Of Rome
The Egoist by Immanuel Of Rome
In Praise Of Your Eyes by Immanuel Of Rome
The Miser by Immanuel Of Rome
The Odious Girl by Immanuel Of Rome
The Virgin's Complaint by Immanuel Of Rome
The Wife's Complaint by Immanuel Of Rome
Isaac-of-all-trades by Isaac Alhadib
The Fate Of The Adulterer by Isaac Hagorni
Gorni Pleads Hsi Cause by Isaac Hagorni
The Dirty Old Man by Isaac Ibn Ezra
The Promise by Isaac Ibn Ghiyyat
Zion's Plea For Pardon by Isaac Ibn Ghiyyat
The Poet's Boast by Isaac Ibn Khalfun
The Retreat by Isaac Ibn Khalfun
The World And Her Children by Isaac Ibn Khalfun
To His Self by Isaac Luria
The Famine In Jerusalem by Israel Najara
If I Were by Israel Najara
The Messiah by Israel Najara
Death And The Lover by Jacob Frances
The Defeat Of Eros by Jacob Frances
For His Brother's Marriage by Jacob Frances
Love For A Portrait by Jacob Frances
The Lover Recants by Jacob Frances
On Turning Grey In A Dream by Jacob Frances
To The King Of Demons by Jacob Frances
The Triumph Of Wine by Jacob Frances
The Three Factions by Joseph Albardani
The Late-comer by Joseph Bibas
The Conditions Of Beauty by Joseph Hakohen
Confession by Joseph Ibn Abitur
Homage To Samuel The Prince by Joseph Ibn Hisdai
The Fleas by Joseph Ibn Sahl
The Captive by Joseph Tsarfati
The Judgement Of Time by Joseph Tsarfati
The Obstinate Mistress by Joseph Tsarfati
To His Sleeping Mistress by Joseph Tsarfati
The Cock's Oration by Judah Al-harizi
The Generous Man by Judah Al-harizi
The Lightning by Judah Al-harizi
The Lute by Judah Al-harizi
The Sun by Judah Al-harizi
To His Bedmate by Judah Al-harizi
The Yokel's Speech Of Welcome by Judah Al-harizi
Song For The Minor Day Of Atonement by Judah Aryeh Modena
Nhe Moon-poet by Judah Jedidiah Carmi
At The Hour Of Mercy by Judah Samuel Abbas
After The Vision by Judah Zarco
The Celestial Race by Judah Zarco
The Plea by Judah Zarco
The Prisoner Of Desire by Judah Zarco
My Sister by Abba Kovner
The Day Came Down The Stone Steps To Bathe by Hayim Lenski
The Awakening by Levi Ibn Altabban
Prayer In Time Of Drought by Levi Ibn Altabban
A Letter From The Grave by Meir Halevi Abulafta
The Poet Pleads His Case by Menahem Ibn Saruk
Of Love And Lies by Meshullam Da Piera
The Poet by Meshullam Da Piera
Song At Dawn by Meshullam Da Piera
To A Father In Mourning by Meshullam Da Piera
Each Man Has A Name by Zelda Mishkovsky
Then My Soul Cried Out by Zelda Mishkovsky
The Old Man And The Girl by Mordecai Dato
Body And Soul Dispute by Moses Ben Joseph
Pharoah Pursues The Israelites by Moses Ben Kalonymus
Hymn On The Fate Of The Soul by Moses Ben Nahman
The Encounter by Moses Da Rieti
In The Palace Of Heaven by Moses Da Rieti
The Spy's Promise by Moses Dar'i
Invocation Of Rain by Moses Gabbai
The Apple by Moses Ibn Ezra
The Gates Of Compassion by Moses Ibn Ezra
In Old Age by Moses Ibn Ezra
In The Graveyard by Moses Ibn Ezra
The Journey by Moses Ibn Ezra
A Night Of Grief by Moses Ibn Ezra
Riddle by Moses Ibn Ezra
The Rose by Moses Ibn Ezra
The Soul by Moses Ibn Ezra
To My Distant Friend by Moses Ibn Ezra
To The Minstrel by Moses Ibn Ezra
The Treacherous Fawn by Moses Ibn Ezra
The Two Sons by Moses Ibn Ezra
Wine Song For Spring by Moses Ibn Ezra
Your Rightful Portion by Moses Ibn Ezra
The Dirge Of Moses Remos by Moses Remos
Spring Song by Nahum
The End Of The Questionnaire by Dan Pagis
The Last Ones by Dan Pagis
The Portrait by Dan Pagis
Written In Pencil In The Sealed Freight Car by Dan Pagis
Joseph Reveals Himself To His Brothers by Phinehas Hakohen
Water by Phinehas Hakohen
Clouds, Sea-lightnings by Gabriel Preil
From Noon To A Small Evening by Gabriel Preil
Song With Galantina by Raphael Da Faenza
The Soul Of by Yonathan Ratosh
From Day To Night by Dahlia Ravikovitch
Mechanical Doll by Dahlia Ravikovitch
There, I Said by Tuvia Ruebner
Song For The Havdalah by Sa'adiah
The Poet, The Dove And The Beloved by Sa'adiah Ben Amram
You Are Great Indeed! by Sa'adiah Gaon
The Paradox by Sa'adiah Longo
The Scoundrel's Song by Sa'adiah Longo
The Ass's Complaint by Samuel Archevolti
The Battle Of Alfuente by Samuel Hanagid
The Beautiful Boy by Samuel Hanagid
Complaint by Samuel Hanagid
The Fear Of Death by Samuel Hanagid
Heaven And Eart'h by Samuel Hanagid
In The Ruined Citadel by Samuel Hanagid
Invitation by Samuel Hanagid
The Jasmine by Samuel Hanagid
Lament For His Brother by Samuel Hanagid
The Master by Samuel Hanagid
The Moment by Samuel Hanagid
On Learning Of His Enemy's Death by Samuel Hanagid
The Prison by Samuel Hanagid
The Reward by Samuel Hanagid
The Root by Samuel Hanagid
Short Prayer In Time Of Battle by Samuel Hanagid
Take Heart by Samuel Hanagid
The Two Eclipses by Samuel Hanagid
War by Samuel Hanagid
Wine by Samuel Hanagid
Winter Wine Song by Samuel Hanagid
David's Last Words To Solomon by Samuel Hashelishi
The Message by Samuel Hashelishi
Prayer For Resurrection by Samuel Hashelishi
Resurrection by Samuel Hashelishi
The Seal by Shalem Shabazi
Song For Circumcision by Shalem Shabazi
A Wedding Song by Shalem Shabazi
Late Adar by Abraham Shlonsky
Said John Doe Of His Neighbourhood by Abraham Shlonsky
Three Old Women by Abraham Shlonsky
Toil by Abraham Shlonsky
Against The Evil Inclination by Simeon Ben Isaac
The Two Kings by Simeon Ben Isaac
Hymn To The Bar Yohai by Simeon Labi
Topsy-turvy World by Solomon Bonafed
Before I Was, Your Enduring Love Came To Me by Solomon Ibn Gabriol
Earth's Embroidery by Solomon Ibn Gabriol
The Faithless Woman by Solomon Ibn Gabriol
In Praise Of God by Solomon Ibn Gabriol
Lament by Solomon Ibn Gabriol
Night Storm by Solomon Ibn Gabriol
The Offerings Of Love by Solomon Ibn Gabriol
On Leaving Saragossa by Solomon Ibn Gabriol
The Poet's Illness by Solomon Ibn Gabriol
The Request by Solomon Ibn Gabriol
The Soul And Its Maker by Solomon Ibn Gabriol
Tempest At Dawn by Solomon Ibn Gabriol
The Testimony Of Beauty by Solomon Ibn Gabriol
That Is Mybeloved by Solomon Ibn Gabriol
To God by Solomon Ibn Gabriol
To The Fools by Solomon Ibn Gabriol
Zion Longing For The Messiah by Solomon Ibn Gabriol
Like Two Beasts Of Prey, Lost In The Night by Jakov Steinberg
Not An Enclosed Garden by Jakov Steinberg
The Advent Of The Messiah by Talmud
The Cows' Hymn To The Ark Of The Lord by Talmud
Funeral Oration by Talmud
Lament by Talmud
On The Death Of A Child by Talmud
Prayer by Talmud
Prayer Before Sleep by Talmud
Song Of Protest by Talmud
Thanksgiving Upon Awakening by Talmud
As I Stood Between The Living And Those Already Dying by Saul Tchernikhovsky
Eagle! Eagle Over Your Mountains by Saul Tchernikhovsky
The First Dead by Saul Tchernikhovsky
Three Asses (a Legend) by Saul Tchernikhovsky
The Daughter Of Arabia by Todros Abulafia
Figs by Todros Abulafia
I Adjure You, Birds, In The Name Of Love by Todros Abulafia
The Merry Debtor by Todros Abulafia
My Rings Have Fallen Off, But I Still Have My Fingers by Todros Abulafia
The Necklace by Todros Abulafia
Oh, To Be A Woman! by Todros Abulafia
The Old Poet And The Girl by Todros Abulafia
A Remembrance by Todros Abulafia
The Seawater Casts Up Mud And Filth by Todros Abulafia
A Map by Avner Treinin
Akeda: The Sacrifice Of Isaac by Anonymous
The Angel Of Death Seeks Moses by Anonymous
The Attendants Of The Innermost Chamber by Anonymous
Bear This In Mind by Anonymous
The Celestial Morning Service by Anonymous
The Closing Of The Gates by Anonymous
The Contest Of The Mountains by Anonymous
The Covenant by Anonymous
Creation Hymn by Anonymous
The Crusaders by Anonymous
The Day Of Judgement by Anonymous
The Death Of Moses Sequence: 1. Angels Try To Block His Way by Anonymous
The Death Of Moses Sequence: 2. He Pleads With God For Life by Anonymous
The Death Of Moses Sequence: 3. God Bargains With Him by Anonymous
The Death Of Moses Sequence: 4. He Refuses To Die by Anonymous
The Death Of Moses Sequence: 5. He Cries Out To His Mother by Anonymous
The Death Of Moses Sequence: 6. He Takes Leave Of His People by Anonymous
The Death Of Moses Sequence: 7. His Mother Looks For Grave by Anonymous
Death The Plunderer by Anonymous
Dirge For The Ninth Of Av by Anonymous
The Dove And The Hart by Anonymous
The Drunkard's Testament by Anonymous
The Enthralled Lover by Anonymous
The Face Of God by Anonymous
The Fifteen-year-old Boy by Anonymous
Four Saw Visions Of God by Anonymous
The Gambler's Fate by Anonymous
The Generous Bridegroom by Anonymous
Go In Peace, Come In Peace by Anonymous
God's Beloved by Anonymous
God's Robe Of Glory by Anonymous
The Hekhalot Hymns, Sels. by Anonymous
The Hosts Of Heaven by Anonymous
Hymn For The Descent To The Merkava by Anonymous
Hymn To The Holy Living Creatures by Anonymous
The Ideal Woman by Anonymous
Invocation by Anonymous
Jokhebed's Cry by Anonymous
The Matryrs Of Mainz by Anonymous
Moses Overcomes The Sea by Anonymous
The Poet's Commandment To God by Anonymous
Prayer For Rain by Anonymous
Rain Song by Anonymous
The Ring by Anonymous
Sabbath Song by Anonymous
The Seduction Of Shalom by Anonymous
Song At Daybreak by Anonymous
Song For Passover by Anonymous
Song Of Hope by Anonymous
Song Of The Newborn On The Eve Of His Circumcision by Anonymous
The Star Looked Down And Shone Into The Lover's Room by Anonymous
The Throne Of Glory Addresses The King by Anonymous
To The Camel Driver by Anonymous
To The Cup-bearer by Anonymous
A Trip To Germany by Anonymous
The Uses Of Reason by Anonymous
You And I by Anonymous
Bitter And Sweet by Vidal Benveniste
Dinah Rejects The Old Suitor by Vidal Benveniste
Don't Be Afraid, My Child, Those Are Only Two Mice by David Vogel
In The Attic by David Vogel
My Childhood Cities, By Now I've Forgotten Them All by David Vogel
When The Night Draws Near Your Window by David Vogel
Abraham's Complaint by Yannai
And That Is Your Glory by Yannai
The Celestial Fire by Yannai
From Soul To Flesh by Yannai
Hymn From The Heavens by Yannai
Moses The Messenger by Yannai
Prayer For Love by Yannai
Letters by Avot Yeshurun
On The Death Of The Mulberry Tree by Avot Yeshurun
Prelude To The Death Of The Mulberry Tree by Avot Yeshurun
Avoda: The Service On The Day Of Atonement by Yose Ben Yose
A Moment by Natan Zach
Talita, Cumi, I Beg Of You by Natan Zach
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®
Zechariah, The Messiah by Abraham Abulafia
Confession by Abraham Ben Samuel
The Narcissus by Abraham Hakohen
The Old Cloak by Abraham Ibn Ezra
Out Of Luck by Abraham Ibn Ezra
The Patron by Abraham Ibn Ezra
Penitential Prayer by Abraham Ibn Ezra
The Exit From The City by Nathan Alterman
The Foundling by Nathan Alterman
In The Market Place by Nathan Alterman
The Lamb by Nathan Alterman
A Stranger Comes To The City by Nathan Alterman
The Woman Said: My God, You Have Appointed Me by Nathan Alterman
The City In Which I Was Born Was Destroyed By Cannon by Yehuda Amichai
Half The People In The World Love The Other Half by Yehuda Amichai
My Father Took Part In Their War For Four Years by Yehuda Amichai
On The Day Of Atonement In 1967 by Yehuda Amichai
Out Of Three Or Four In A Room by Yehuda Amichai
A Pity, We Were A Good Invention by Yehuda Amichai
For The Marriage Of Cassia, The Poet's Sister by Amittai Ben Shephatiah
God The Artist by Amittai Ben Shephatiah
Moses' Journey Through Heaven by Amittai Ben Shephatiah
The Martyrs Of Blois by Barukh Of Magenza
Cranes From The Threshold by Yocheved Bat-miriam
Happy Are They Who Sow But Do Not Reap by Avraham Ben-yitzhak
Whose Dawn Did The Cock Proclaim? by Avraham Ben-yitzhak
Praise In Heaven And On Earth by Benjamin Ben Zerah
At Twilight, Come Over To The Window And Lean Upon Me by Chaim Nachman Bialik
It Was Summer Evening by Chaim Nachman Bialik
My Soul Has Sunk Down by Chaim Nachman Bialik
On The Slaughter by Chaim Nachman Bialik
A Twig Alighted On A Fence And Dozed by Chaim Nachman Bialik
Winter Songs, Sels. by Chaim Nachman Bialik
David's Lament Over Saul And Jonathan by Bible
Dirge On The Fall Of Jerusalem by Bible
Hezekiah's Hymn Of Thanksgiving by Bible
In Praise Of The Creator by Bible
The Inaccessibility Of Wisdom by Bible
The Indictment Of Israel by Bible
The Lost Lover by Bible
The Maiden's Dance by Bible
A Psalm Of David by Bible
The Seal Of Love by Bible
Simeon The High Priest (simeon Ben Sira) by Bible
The Song Of Deborah by Bible
The Song Of The Sea by Bible
Taunt Ridge by Bible
A Cold Comfort by Caleb Afendopolo
Nhe Sacrificea by David Bar Meshullam Of Speyer
A Reproach by David Ben Nasi
Silence And Praise by David Hakohen
Bliss by David Onkinerah
Her Hair by David Onkinerah
The Vow by David Onkinerah
Wounds Of Love by David Onkinerah
The Birth Of The Messiah by Dead Sea Scrolls
The Mystery To Come by Dead Sea Scrolls
The Parable Of Trees by Dead Sea Scrolls
The Poet Refuses An Invitation To Drink by Dunash Ben Labrat
The I, A Scream by Israel Efrat
The Battle Between Behemoth And Leviathan by Eleazar Ben Kallir
The Dialogue Of Zion And God by Eleazar Ben Kallir
Epithalamium by Eleazar Ben Kallir
He Shall Be King by Eleazar Ben Kallir
Jeremiah And The Beautiful Woman by Eleazar Ben Kallir
Beloved Of My Soul by Eliezer Azikri
The Murder Of Bellet And Hannah by Eliezer Bar Juad Of Worms
The Doctor Who Fell Prey To Love by Ephraim Luzzato
Kidney Sonnet by Ephraim Luzzato
Of Myself by Ephraim Luzzato
Lament For The Massacre At Blois by Ephraim Of Bonn
The Slaughter Of Isaac And His Revival by Ephraim Of Bonn
Be Not Far From Me by Ephraim Of Regensburg
To God In Exile by Ephraim Of Regensburg
I Said To The Stones by Ezekiel Hakohen
The Shulammite by Jacob Fichman
And My Brother Said Nothing by Amir Gilboa
The Face Of Joshua by Amir Gilboa
Finally, I Go To The Man Who Sets Snares For Birds by Amir Gilboa
In The Darkness by Amir Gilboa
Isaac by Amir Gilboa
Moses by Amir Gilboa
From My Mother's House by Lea Goldberg
Observations Of A Bee by Lea Goldberg
Tel Aviv 1935 by Lea Goldberg
Heritage by Hayim Gouri
Relatives by Hayim Gouri
At The Rim Of The Heavens by Uri Zvi Greenberg
The Man Who Stepped Out Of His Shoes by Uri Zvi Greenberg
On A Night Of Rain In Jerusalem by Uri Zvi Greenberg
The Severing Of The Wing by Uri Zvi Greenberg
With My God, The Blacksmith by Uri Zvi Greenberg
The Cruel Lover by Yehuda Halevi
The Excuse by Yehuda Halevi
For The Day Of Atonement by Yehuda Halevi
The Home Of Love by Yehuda Halevi
The Laundress by Yehuda Halevi
The Lord Is My Portion by Yehuda Halevi
Lord, Where Shall I Find You? by Yehuda Halevi
A Mother's Lament by Yehuda Halevi
The Murder Of Zechariah by Yehuda Halevi
My Heart Is In The East by Yehuda Halevi
Ode To Zion by Yehuda Halevi
On The High Seas by Yehuda Halevi
The Poet Imagines His Voyage by Yehuda Halevi
The Pure Lover by Yehuda Halevi
The Sensitive Doe by Yehuda Halevi
Song At Sea by Yehuda Halevi
Song Of Farewell by Yehuda Halevi
To Israel, In Exile by Yehuda Halevi
To The Rivals by Yehuda Halevi
To The Soul by Yehuda Halevi
To The Western Wind by Yehuda Halevi
Tombstone Inscription by Yehuda Halevi
The True Vision by Yehuda Halevi
Zion Complains To God by Yehuda Halevi
The True Judge by Shmuel Halkin
Sweet Death by Haya Gaon
Man by Immanuel Dei Rossi
The Dilemma by Immanuel Frances
Epitaph For A Big-nosed Man by Immanuel Frances
Epitaph For A Dwarf by Immanuel Frances
Epitaph For A Hunchback by Immanuel Frances
Epitaph For A Wife by Immanuel Frances
Epitaph For An Angry Fool by Immanuel Frances
Her Eyes by Immanuel Frances
The Innkeeper's Song by Immanuel Frances
The Old Whore's Lament by Immanuel Frances
To His Gadabout Wife by Immanuel Frances
Advice To The Messiah by Immanuel Of Rome
Eden And Hell by Immanuel Of Rome
The Egoist by Immanuel Of Rome
In Praise Of Your Eyes by Immanuel Of Rome
The Miser by Immanuel Of Rome
The Odious Girl by Immanuel Of Rome
The Virgin's Complaint by Immanuel Of Rome
The Wife's Complaint by Immanuel Of Rome
Isaac-of-all-trades by Isaac Alhadib
The Fate Of The Adulterer by Isaac Hagorni
Gorni Pleads Hsi Cause by Isaac Hagorni
The Dirty Old Man by Isaac Ibn Ezra
The Promise by Isaac Ibn Ghiyyat
Zion's Plea For Pardon by Isaac Ibn Ghiyyat
The Poet's Boast by Isaac Ibn Khalfun
The Retreat by Isaac Ibn Khalfun
The World And Her Children by Isaac Ibn Khalfun
To His Self by Isaac Luria
The Famine In Jerusalem by Israel Najara
If I Were by Israel Najara
The Messiah by Israel Najara
Death And The Lover by Jacob Frances
The Defeat Of Eros by Jacob Frances
For His Brother's Marriage by Jacob Frances
Love For A Portrait by Jacob Frances
The Lover Recants by Jacob Frances
On Turning Grey In A Dream by Jacob Frances
To The King Of Demons by Jacob Frances
The Triumph Of Wine by Jacob Frances
The Three Factions by Joseph Albardani
The Late-comer by Joseph Bibas
The Conditions Of Beauty by Joseph Hakohen
Confession by Joseph Ibn Abitur
Homage To Samuel The Prince by Joseph Ibn Hisdai
The Fleas by Joseph Ibn Sahl
The Captive by Joseph Tsarfati
The Judgement Of Time by Joseph Tsarfati
The Obstinate Mistress by Joseph Tsarfati
To His Sleeping Mistress by Joseph Tsarfati
The Cock's Oration by Judah Al-harizi
The Generous Man by Judah Al-harizi
The Lightning by Judah Al-harizi
The Lute by Judah Al-harizi
The Sun by Judah Al-harizi
To His Bedmate by Judah Al-harizi
The Yokel's Speech Of Welcome by Judah Al-harizi
Song For The Minor Day Of Atonement by Judah Aryeh Modena
Nhe Moon-poet by Judah Jedidiah Carmi
At The Hour Of Mercy by Judah Samuel Abbas
After The Vision by Judah Zarco
The Celestial Race by Judah Zarco
The Plea by Judah Zarco
The Prisoner Of Desire by Judah Zarco
My Sister by Abba Kovner
The Day Came Down The Stone Steps To Bathe by Hayim Lenski
The Awakening by Levi Ibn Altabban
Prayer In Time Of Drought by Levi Ibn Altabban
A Letter From The Grave by Meir Halevi Abulafta
The Poet Pleads His Case by Menahem Ibn Saruk
Of Love And Lies by Meshullam Da Piera
The Poet by Meshullam Da Piera
Song At Dawn by Meshullam Da Piera
To A Father In Mourning by Meshullam Da Piera
Each Man Has A Name by Zelda Mishkovsky
Then My Soul Cried Out by Zelda Mishkovsky
The Old Man And The Girl by Mordecai Dato
Body And Soul Dispute by Moses Ben Joseph
Pharoah Pursues The Israelites by Moses Ben Kalonymus
Hymn On The Fate Of The Soul by Moses Ben Nahman
The Encounter by Moses Da Rieti
In The Palace Of Heaven by Moses Da Rieti
The Spy's Promise by Moses Dar'i
Invocation Of Rain by Moses Gabbai
The Apple by Moses Ibn Ezra
The Gates Of Compassion by Moses Ibn Ezra
In Old Age by Moses Ibn Ezra
In The Graveyard by Moses Ibn Ezra
The Journey by Moses Ibn Ezra
A Night Of Grief by Moses Ibn Ezra
Riddle by Moses Ibn Ezra
The Rose by Moses Ibn Ezra
The Soul by Moses Ibn Ezra
To My Distant Friend by Moses Ibn Ezra
To The Minstrel by Moses Ibn Ezra
The Treacherous Fawn by Moses Ibn Ezra
The Two Sons by Moses Ibn Ezra
Wine Song For Spring by Moses Ibn Ezra
Your Rightful Portion by Moses Ibn Ezra
The Dirge Of Moses Remos by Moses Remos
Spring Song by Nahum
The End Of The Questionnaire by Dan Pagis
The Last Ones by Dan Pagis
The Portrait by Dan Pagis
Written In Pencil In The Sealed Freight Car by Dan Pagis
Joseph Reveals Himself To His Brothers by Phinehas Hakohen
Water by Phinehas Hakohen
Clouds, Sea-lightnings by Gabriel Preil
From Noon To A Small Evening by Gabriel Preil
Song With Galantina by Raphael Da Faenza
The Soul Of by Yonathan Ratosh
From Day To Night by Dahlia Ravikovitch
Mechanical Doll by Dahlia Ravikovitch
There, I Said by Tuvia Ruebner
Song For The Havdalah by Sa'adiah
The Poet, The Dove And The Beloved by Sa'adiah Ben Amram
You Are Great Indeed! by Sa'adiah Gaon
The Paradox by Sa'adiah Longo
The Scoundrel's Song by Sa'adiah Longo
The Ass's Complaint by Samuel Archevolti
The Battle Of Alfuente by Samuel Hanagid
The Beautiful Boy by Samuel Hanagid
Complaint by Samuel Hanagid
The Fear Of Death by Samuel Hanagid
Heaven And Eart'h by Samuel Hanagid
In The Ruined Citadel by Samuel Hanagid
Invitation by Samuel Hanagid
The Jasmine by Samuel Hanagid
Lament For His Brother by Samuel Hanagid
The Master by Samuel Hanagid
The Moment by Samuel Hanagid
On Learning Of His Enemy's Death by Samuel Hanagid
The Prison by Samuel Hanagid
The Reward by Samuel Hanagid
The Root by Samuel Hanagid
Short Prayer In Time Of Battle by Samuel Hanagid
Take Heart by Samuel Hanagid
The Two Eclipses by Samuel Hanagid
War by Samuel Hanagid
Wine by Samuel Hanagid
Winter Wine Song by Samuel Hanagid
David's Last Words To Solomon by Samuel Hashelishi
The Message by Samuel Hashelishi
Prayer For Resurrection by Samuel Hashelishi
Resurrection by Samuel Hashelishi
The Seal by Shalem Shabazi
Song For Circumcision by Shalem Shabazi
A Wedding Song by Shalem Shabazi
Late Adar by Abraham Shlonsky
Said John Doe Of His Neighbourhood by Abraham Shlonsky
Three Old Women by Abraham Shlonsky
Toil by Abraham Shlonsky
Against The Evil Inclination by Simeon Ben Isaac
The Two Kings by Simeon Ben Isaac
Hymn To The Bar Yohai by Simeon Labi
Topsy-turvy World by Solomon Bonafed
Before I Was, Your Enduring Love Came To Me by Solomon Ibn Gabriol
Earth's Embroidery by Solomon Ibn Gabriol
The Faithless Woman by Solomon Ibn Gabriol
In Praise Of God by Solomon Ibn Gabriol
Lament by Solomon Ibn Gabriol
Night Storm by Solomon Ibn Gabriol
The Offerings Of Love by Solomon Ibn Gabriol
On Leaving Saragossa by Solomon Ibn Gabriol
The Poet's Illness by Solomon Ibn Gabriol
The Request by Solomon Ibn Gabriol
The Soul And Its Maker by Solomon Ibn Gabriol
Tempest At Dawn by Solomon Ibn Gabriol
The Testimony Of Beauty by Solomon Ibn Gabriol
That Is Mybeloved by Solomon Ibn Gabriol
To God by Solomon Ibn Gabriol
To The Fools by Solomon Ibn Gabriol
Zion Longing For The Messiah by Solomon Ibn Gabriol
Like Two Beasts Of Prey, Lost In The Night by Jakov Steinberg
Not An Enclosed Garden by Jakov Steinberg
The Advent Of The Messiah by Talmud
The Cows' Hymn To The Ark Of The Lord by Talmud
Funeral Oration by Talmud
Lament by Talmud
On The Death Of A Child by Talmud
Prayer by Talmud
Prayer Before Sleep by Talmud
Song Of Protest by Talmud
Thanksgiving Upon Awakening by Talmud
As I Stood Between The Living And Those Already Dying by Saul Tchernikhovsky
Eagle! Eagle Over Your Mountains by Saul Tchernikhovsky
The First Dead by Saul Tchernikhovsky
Three Asses (a Legend) by Saul Tchernikhovsky
The Daughter Of Arabia by Todros Abulafia
Figs by Todros Abulafia
I Adjure You, Birds, In The Name Of Love by Todros Abulafia
The Merry Debtor by Todros Abulafia
My Rings Have Fallen Off, But I Still Have My Fingers by Todros Abulafia
The Necklace by Todros Abulafia
Oh, To Be A Woman! by Todros Abulafia
The Old Poet And The Girl by Todros Abulafia
A Remembrance by Todros Abulafia
The Seawater Casts Up Mud And Filth by Todros Abulafia
A Map by Avner Treinin
Akeda: The Sacrifice Of Isaac by Anonymous
The Angel Of Death Seeks Moses by Anonymous
The Attendants Of The Innermost Chamber by Anonymous
Bear This In Mind by Anonymous
The Celestial Morning Service by Anonymous
The Closing Of The Gates by Anonymous
The Contest Of The Mountains by Anonymous
The Covenant by Anonymous
Creation Hymn by Anonymous
The Crusaders by Anonymous
The Day Of Judgement by Anonymous
The Death Of Moses Sequence: 1. Angels Try To Block His Way by Anonymous
The Death Of Moses Sequence: 2. He Pleads With God For Life by Anonymous
The Death Of Moses Sequence: 3. God Bargains With Him by Anonymous
The Death Of Moses Sequence: 4. He Refuses To Die by Anonymous
The Death Of Moses Sequence: 5. He Cries Out To His Mother by Anonymous
The Death Of Moses Sequence: 6. He Takes Leave Of His People by Anonymous
The Death Of Moses Sequence: 7. His Mother Looks For Grave by Anonymous
Death The Plunderer by Anonymous
Dirge For The Ninth Of Av by Anonymous
The Dove And The Hart by Anonymous
The Drunkard's Testament by Anonymous
The Enthralled Lover by Anonymous
The Face Of God by Anonymous
The Fifteen-year-old Boy by Anonymous
Four Saw Visions Of God by Anonymous
The Gambler's Fate by Anonymous
The Generous Bridegroom by Anonymous
Go In Peace, Come In Peace by Anonymous
God's Beloved by Anonymous
God's Robe Of Glory by Anonymous
The Hekhalot Hymns, Sels. by Anonymous
The Hosts Of Heaven by Anonymous
Hymn For The Descent To The Merkava by Anonymous
Hymn To The Holy Living Creatures by Anonymous
The Ideal Woman by Anonymous
Invocation by Anonymous
Jokhebed's Cry by Anonymous
The Matryrs Of Mainz by Anonymous
Moses Overcomes The Sea by Anonymous
The Poet's Commandment To God by Anonymous
Prayer For Rain by Anonymous
Rain Song by Anonymous
The Ring by Anonymous
Sabbath Song by Anonymous
The Seduction Of Shalom by Anonymous
Song At Daybreak by Anonymous
Song For Passover by Anonymous
Song Of Hope by Anonymous
Song Of The Newborn On The Eve Of His Circumcision by Anonymous
The Star Looked Down And Shone Into The Lover's Room by Anonymous
The Throne Of Glory Addresses The King by Anonymous
To The Camel Driver by Anonymous
To The Cup-bearer by Anonymous
A Trip To Germany by Anonymous
The Uses Of Reason by Anonymous
You And I by Anonymous
Bitter And Sweet by Vidal Benveniste
Dinah Rejects The Old Suitor by Vidal Benveniste
Don't Be Afraid, My Child, Those Are Only Two Mice by David Vogel
In The Attic by David Vogel
My Childhood Cities, By Now I've Forgotten Them All by David Vogel
When The Night Draws Near Your Window by David Vogel
Abraham's Complaint by Yannai
And That Is Your Glory by Yannai
The Celestial Fire by Yannai
From Soul To Flesh by Yannai
Hymn From The Heavens by Yannai
Moses The Messenger by Yannai
Prayer For Love by Yannai
Letters by Avot Yeshurun
On The Death Of The Mulberry Tree by Avot Yeshurun
Prelude To The Death Of The Mulberry Tree by Avot Yeshurun
Avoda: The Service On The Day Of Atonement by Yose Ben Yose
A Moment by Natan Zach
Talita, Cumi, I Beg Of You by Natan Zach
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®
Language Notes
Text: English, Hebrew (translation)
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Representative Sampling of the Best Hebrew Verse,
By Sorek "Zendude" (Tel Aviv) - See all my reviews
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: The Penguin Book of Hebrew Verse (The Penguin poets) (English and Hebrew Edition) (Paperback)
This volume was my introduction to the melodious magic of Hebrew-language poetry over 20 years ago, and it remains one of my favorite collections. There is something in here for everyone who can pause and reflect. "At Twilight" by Bialik captured my whole life's theme, and the translation into English managed to retain the essence and music of the original Hebrew. This collection I would recommend to any lover of literature, and is part of the music that should accompany every Jewish soul.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The definitive Hebrew anthology,
By J. E. S. Leake "sailor and scholar" (Offshore, Persian Gulf) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Penguin Book of Hebrew Verse (The Penguin poets) (English and Hebrew Edition) (Paperback)
This wonderful anthology of Hebrew verse by Carmi, himself no mean poet, combines a lyrical English translation with the (fully pointed!) Hebrew text of each poem. The book ranges through Hebrew poetry from Biblical times, through Merkava verses and the Arabising styles of al-Andalus, to the early modern work of Bialik and on as far as Dan Pagis. The most contemporary won't be included as the book was first published perhaps twenty years ago. But it is one of the great anthologies, and even has its place itself in Hebrew literary history. Buy it!
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A continuous three - thousand year old tradition of poetry,
By Shalom Freedman "Shalom Freedman" (Jerusalem,Israel) - See all my reviews (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER) (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)
This review is from: The Penguin Book of Hebrew Verse (The Penguin poets) (English and Hebrew Edition) (Paperback)
T.Carmi the compiler of this anthology was one of the foremost poets of the Amichai generation in Israel. His love and knowledge of the Hebrew language its stages of development and nuances are second to none.This anthology brings samples of Hebrew poetry from the Biblical beginning to the contemporary. It is rich with very great poetry and underlines how strongly the Hebrew tradition in poetry is largely a religious one. It is of course possible to quarrel with the selections. I myself would argue that as the greatest Hebrew poetry is Tehillim( Psalms) a much richer selection of the Psalms should be included. On the other hand it is possible to argue that Psalms are available everywhere while the poems of Moses ibn Ezra and Rachel are not. On the whole this work is filled with tremendously moving poetry, poetry a good share of which has inspired not only the people of Israel but mankind as a whole. Carmi has done a great service in putting together this collection. It should be in the library of each and every lover of great poetry.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
Browse and search another edition of this book.
Browse and search another edition of this book.
First Sentence:
THE BIBLE was composed and compiled over a period extending from the thirteenth to the second century B.C.E. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
rhymed tercets, girdle poem, syllabic metre, quantitative metres, alphabetic acrostic, secular poetry, liturgical poetry, syllabic system, secular poems, rhymed prose, rhythmical prose, three old ladies, biblical poetry Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Song of Songs, Day of Atonement, Bar Yohai, Tel Aviv, God of Israel, Mount Sinai, Most High, Immanuel of Rome, Moses Remos, Red Sea, Christian Spain, First World War, Near East, Supreme King, Black Death, Hebrew University, Holy Beings, Ibn Abbas, Ibn Abi Musa, Mount Moriah, Samuel Hanagid, Holy Land, Mount Carmel, Old Testament, Sea of Reeds New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
THE BIBLE was composed and compiled over a period extending from the thirteenth to the second century B.C.E. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
rhymed tercets, girdle poem, syllabic metre, quantitative metres, alphabetic acrostic, secular poetry, liturgical poetry, syllabic system, secular poems, rhymed prose, rhythmical prose, three old ladies, biblical poetry Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Song of Songs, Day of Atonement, Bar Yohai, Tel Aviv, God of Israel, Mount Sinai, Most High, Immanuel of Rome, Moses Remos, Red Sea, Christian Spain, First World War, Near East, Supreme King, Black Death, Hebrew University, Holy Beings, Ibn Abbas, Ibn Abi Musa, Mount Moriah, Samuel Hanagid, Holy Land, Mount Carmel, Old Testament, Sea of Reeds New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Citations (learn more)
100
books
cite this book:
See all 100 books citing this book
- Speaking Silences: Stillness and Voice in Modern Thought and Jewish Tradition by Andrew Vogel Ettin on 5 pages
- Unsettled: An Anthropology of the Jews by Melvin Konner on 4 pages
- Unsettled: An Anthropology of the Jews by Melvin Konner on 4 pages
- Arms & Armour of the Crusading Era, 1050-1350: Islam, Eastern Europe and Asia (Vol 2) by David Nicolle on page 166, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Booking Passage: Exile and Homecoming in the Modern Jewish Imagination (Contraversions: Critical Studies in Jewish Literature, Culture, and Society) by Sidra DeKoven Ezrahi in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
See all 100 books citing this book
Books on Related Topics
(learn more)
|
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
|
|
