Good fortune is mine
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This short but lyrical Hebrew poem, likely a reshut (introduction to a prayer) plays with language drawn from the Song of Songs.
Good fortune is mine, I rejoice in my tent.
My redeemer has come, my lament complete.
My redeemer has come, attendant, peeking
through the lattice in my wall.
Though you entice me and incite my beloved,
I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine.
I kiss the one whom I adore,
and what can you do—for I am the Lord’s!
Translated by Miryam Segal.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 3: Encountering Christianity and Islam.
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