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Solomon Ibn Gabirol

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I\'M PRINCE TO THE POEM

I’m prince to the poem my slave,
   I’m harp to the court musicians,
my song is a turban for viziers’ heads,
   a crown for kings in their kingdoms:

and here I’ve lived just sixteen years,
   and my heart is like eighty within them.

© Translation: 2001, Peter Cole

I\'M PRINCE TO THE POEM

Solomon Ibn Gabirol

Solomon Ibn Gabirol

Solomon Ibn Gabirol, one of the greatest liturgical poets of the Middle Ages, was a Hebrew poet whose entire life was spent in Spain. He was born in Málaga in Andalusia in the third decade of the 11th century and died approximately thirty years later in Valencia.

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I\'M PRINCE TO THE POEM

I’m prince to the poem my slave,
   I’m harp to the court musicians,
my song is a turban for viziers’ heads,
   a crown for kings in their kingdoms:

and here I’ve lived just sixteen years,
   and my heart is like eighty within them.

© 2001, Peter Cole

I\'M PRINCE TO THE POEM

I’m prince to the poem my slave,
   I’m harp to the court musicians,
my song is a turban for viziers’ heads,
   a crown for kings in their kingdoms:

and here I’ve lived just sixteen years,
   and my heart is like eighty within them.

© 2001, Peter Cole

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