My Soul Failed Me
When I first saw you from afar,
I saw you – but did not notice the purity of your beauty.
When I first heard you from afar
I heard but did not listen to the beat of my trembling heart.
But when you approached me – I was astounded.
And like Jacob, who first met Rachel at the Well,
When she approached him, leading her father's sheep herd,
- I also felt the aroma of your delicious scent;
And I, like him, kissed you and cried,
As I did not know my flaming soul of fire
Due to love,
Love alone.
I saw you – but did not notice the purity of your beauty.
When I first heard you from afar
I heard but did not listen to the beat of my trembling heart.
But when you approached me – I was astounded.
And like Jacob, who first met Rachel at the Well,
When she approached him, leading her father's sheep herd,
- I also felt the aroma of your delicious scent;
And I, like him, kissed you and cried,
As I did not know my flaming soul of fire
Due to love,
Love alone.
Written by Moshe D. Shafrir-Stillman