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Thursday, 8 November 2012

Cups Without Wine - Yehudah HaLevi

Cups without wine are low things
Like a pot thrown to the ground,
But brimming with the juice, they shine
Like body and soul.

Yehudah HaLevi (1075 - 1141) Spain
Translated by Robert Mezey
Source: Poetry Nook

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