{"collection":"Judaism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/jud/sig/sig30.htm","path":"jud/sig/sig30.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/jud/sig/sig30.htm","text":"Selected Religious Poems of Solomon ibn Gabirol, tr. by Israel Zangwill, [1923]\nTo the glorious one, girdled by praise,\n Great in deeds and tremendous in ways,\n Who filleth with wonders our days,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Blow ye at New Moon the trumpet.\nTo the Lord whose decrees never fail,\n Who spreadeth the clouds like a veil,\n And maketh the dust hard as mail,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Blow ye at New Moon the trumpet.\nTo the Builder whose measures none knows,\n By whom the high heavens arose,\n And beauty like lightning that glows,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Blow ye at New Moon the trumpet.\nTo the Judge who His servants will spare,\n For the souls of His faithful will care,\n And will make their inheritance fair,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Blow ye at New Moon the trumpet.\nTo the Chief on whose breast Right is borne,\n Who is served by the seed to Him sworn,\n Who gathereth lilies from thorn,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Blow ye at New Moon the trumpet.\nTo the Washer who whiteneth sin,\n Whose cloud blotteth evil within,\n Whose forgiveness repentance can win,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Blow ye at New Moon the trumpet.\nTo the Alchemist turning his gold\n To the diamond\u2019s perfection, clear, cold,\n Like the streams that Damascus enfold,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Blow ye at New Moon the trumpet.\nTo the Lord who His scattered will keep,\n To whom cries of the lowly that weep\n Are dearer than bullocks or sheep,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Blow ye at New Moon the trumpet.","title":"Selected Religious Poems of Solomon ibn Gabirol: 27. Blow...","type":"page"}