Heinrich Heine. Ein uralter Spruch. Friedlander, Joseph, comp. 1917. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse

Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917.

Ein uralter Spruch

By Heinrich Heine


MOST prayers of my childhood days
From memory have fled,
No prayer at meals, at rising,
Nor when I go to bed.
But one I hold in high esteem,	5
And looms in large proportion;
My stay it is in happy hours,
And staff in my misfortune.
And would you know this pray’r of mine,
Mosaic interwoven?	10
It is the ancient formula
Boree Peri Hagofen.