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For my daughter Nedjé
and for her husband Armand Bengui.
Where word and spirit make feeling divine
I see creation and I see poetry . . .
But I know I risk the sin of heresy
If I say the words and…
Contributor:
Sadia Lévy
Date:
1957
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Love for an honored woman illuminates my mind’s eye and my imagination,
While I praise her beauty, for she comforts me in my exile.
My soul is like a lone bird and each night she greets the face of…
Contributor:
Shalem Shabazi
Places:
Taiz, Yemeni Zaidi State
(Taiz, Yemen)
Date:
ca. 1679/80
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Although a beautiful shock of golden hair swings across her forehead
And love finds nourishment in her eyes
The chaste Susannah never strays from the right path
And harbors not one thought without…
Contributor:
Devorà Ascarelli
Places:
Rome, Papal States
(Rome, Italy)
Date:
16th Century