Quotes from Judah HaLevi

My heart in the East But the rest of me far in the West— How can I savor this life, even taste what I eat? How, in the bonds of the Moor, Zion chained to the Cross, Can I do what I've vowed to and must? Gladly I'd leave All the best of grand Spain For one glimpse of the ruined Shrine's dust.

Zion, thou art doubtless anxious for news of thy captives; they ask after thee, they who are the remainder of thy flock.