{"collection":"Judaism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/jud/sig/sig46.htm","path":"jud/sig/sig46.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/jud/sig/sig46.htm","text":"Selected Religious Poems of Solomon ibn Gabirol, tr. by Israel Zangwill, [1923]\nRoot of our saviour,\n The scion of Jesse,\n Till when wilt thou linger,\n Invisible, buried?\n Bring forth a flower,\n For winter is over!\nWhy should a slave rule\n The lineage of princes,\n A hairy barbarian\n Replace our young sovran?\nThe years are a thousand\n Since, broken and scattered,\n We wander in exile,\n Like waterfowl lost in\n The depths of the desert.\nNo man in white linen\n Reveals at our asking\n The end of our Exile.\n God sealed up the matter,\n And closed up the knowledge.","title":"Selected Religious Poems of Solomon ibn Gabirol: 43. Invo...","type":"page"}