{"collection":"Judaism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/jud/sig/sig15.htm","path":"jud/sig/sig15.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/jud/sig/sig15.htm","text":"Selected Religious Poems of Solomon ibn Gabirol, tr. by Israel Zangwill, [1923]\nMy thoughts astounded asked me why\n Towards the whirling wheels on high\n In ecstasy I rush and fly.\nThe living God is my desire,\n It carries me on wings of fire,\n Body and soul to Him aspire.\nGod is at once my joy and fate,\n This yearning me He did create,\n At thought of Him I palpitate.\nShall song with all its loveliness\n Submerge my soul with happiness\n Before the God of Gods it bless?","title":"Selected Religious Poems of Solomon ibn Gabirol: 12. Ecstasy","type":"page"}