My sweetheart’s dainty lips are red,
With ruby’s crimson overspread;
Her teeth are like a string of pearls;
Down her neck her clustering curls
In ebony hue vie with the night,
And over her features dances light.
The twinkling stars enthroned above
Are sisters to my dearest love.
We men should count it joy complete
To lay our service at her feet.
But oh what rapture is her kiss!
A forecast ’tis of heavenly bliss!
(Yehudah HaLevi)
More Poetry from Yehudah HaLevi:
Yehudah HaLevi Poems based on Topics: Love, Light, Night, Man, Happiness, Kiss- On the Sea (Yehudah HaLevi Poems)
- Ayin Nedivah ('Generous Eye'): Qasida for Solomon Ibn Ghiyyat (Yehudah HaLevi Poems)
- God, Whom Shall I Compare To Thee? (Yehudah HaLevi Poems)
- Sabbath, My Love (Yehudah HaLevi Poems)
- Marriage Song (Yehudah HaLevi Poems)
- Hymn for Atonement Day (Yehudah HaLevi Poems)
Readers Who Like This Poem Also Like:
Based on Topics: Love Poems, Man Poems, Night Poems, Light Poems, Happiness Poems, Kiss Poems- The Helot (Isabella Valancy Crawford Poems)
- The Believer's Soliloquy; Especially in Times of Desertion, Temptation, Affliction (Ralph Erskine Poems)
- The School-Boy (Oliver Wendell Holmes Poems)
- The School Of The Heart. Lesson The First (Henry Alford Poems)
- The Three Gossips' Wager (Jean de La Fontaine Poems)