Hayyim Nahman Bialik Heart Poems

  • 1.
    I didnâ??t win light in a windfall,
    nor by deed of a fatherâ??s will.
    I hewed my light from granite.
    I quarried my heart.
    ...
  • 2.
    Summer is dying in the purple and gold and russet
    of the falling leaves of the wood,
    and the sunset clouds are dying
    in their own blood.
    ...
  • 3.
    When high noon on a summerâ??s day
    makes the sky a fiery furnace
    and the heart seeks a quiet corner for dreams,
    then come to me, my weary friend.
    ...
  • 4.
    Heaven, beg mercy for me!  If there is
    a God in you, a pathway through
    you to this God - which I have not
    discovered - then pray for me!  For my
    ...
  • 5.
    Wind blew, light drew them all.
    New songs revive their mornings.
    Only I, small bird, am forsaken
    under the Shekhinaâ??s wing.
    ...
  • 6.
    Should you wish to know the Source,
    From which your brothers drewâ?¦
    Their strength of soulâ?¦
    Their comfort, courage, patience, trust,
    ...
  • 7.
    After my death mourn me this way:
    'There was a man-and see: he is no more;
    before his time this man died
    and his life's song in mid-bar stopped;
    ...
Total 7 Heart Poems by Hayyim Nahman Bialik

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