Jewish Woman

Beautiful mistress mine, upon whose snow at dawn the rose is forming on fields of mother of pearl. Pure and lovely lily, who amid coral protects itself from the pure crystals that the…

Enough, you fools and idiots, enough! Why do you come to me with sage advice? Are you still infants? Are you soiling still Your diapers and sheets with excrement…

Why, death, do you tarry so? Why does your chariot come so slow? Old age has prepared for me Every illness and complaint. What good are my hundred years?    If such pain I undergo—    Why, death…

A woman beautiful in every way I give you—pedigreed, with every skill— And all you want to know is what’s the dowry! That’s not the way to think; that’s faulty judgment. If you’d appraise her…

When I see Hannah in full light, when I remember Naomi, perfect in splendour—my soul is aflame for Hannah, my spirit is kindled for Naomi.Here I am, sitting on the fence: Hannah, as of today, is my…