| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | The Cry of Israel | | By Solomon Ibn Gabirol (Trans. Solomon Solis Cohen) |
| | | THOU knowest my tongue, O God, | |
| Fain would it bring | |
| A precious gift—the songs | |
| Thou makest me sing! | |
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| Thou guidest my steps from eld; | 5 |
| If boon too high | |
| I ask—Thou gavest me speech, | |
| Spurn not my cry! | |
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| My thoughts hast Thou made pure | |
| As whitest fleece; | 10 |
| Thou wilt not that mine heart | |
| Shall ne’er have peace. | |
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| Oh, be my refuge now, | |
| Even as of yore. | |
| My God, my Savior, Thou— | 15 |
| Tarry no more! | | | | |
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