שָׁלוֹם לְךָ (לְבֶן) דּוֹדִי | Shalom Lekh (l’Ven) Dodi, by Shlomo ibn Gabirol (ca. 11th c.)

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Honi Sanders (translation) and Shlomo ibn Gabirol

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Seudat Leil Shabbat, Se'udat Yom Shabbat

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11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., acrostic, Acrostic signature, eros, פיוטים piyyuṭim, שיר נשירים shir hashirim, זמירות zemirot

Source (Hebrew)	Translation (English)
שָׁלוֹם לְךָ (לְבֶן) דּוֹדִי הַצַּח וְהָאַדְמוֹן שָׁלוֹם לְךָ מֵאֵת רַקָּה כְמוֹ רִמּוֹן	Hello, my dear Pure and ruddy Hello, already Beautiful as a pomegranate
לִקְרַאת אֲחוֹתְךָ רוּץ צֵא נָא לְהוֹשִׁיעָהּ וּצְלַח כְּבֶן יִשָׁי רַבַּת בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן	Run to meet your sister Go out to save her Successful as the son of Yishai Out of all the people
מַה לָּךְ יְפֵהפִיָּה כִּי תְעוֹרְרִי אַהֲבָה וּתְצַלְצְלִי קוֹלֵךְ כַּמְעִיל בְּקוֹל פַּעֲמוֹן	Why o beautiful Do you tempt love And make your voice Ring like a bell?
הָעֵת אֲשֶׁר תַּחְפּוֹץ אַהֲבָה אֲחִישֶׁנָּה עִתָּהּ וְעָלַיִךְ אֵרֵד כְּטַל חֶרְמוֹן	The time that it wishes I will hasten love In its time I will come to you Like dew on mount Hermon.

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Honi Sanders (translation)

Honi Sanders is a neuroscience researcher in Massachusetts. His family birkon, Siman l'Vanim, was published by Dimus Parrhesia Press in 2019.

Shlomo ibn Gabirol

Shlomo ibn Gabirol (also Solomon ben Judah; Hebrew: שלמה בן יהודה אבן גבירול‎, Arabic: أبو أيوب سليمان بن يحيى بن جبيرول‎ Abu Ayyub Sulayman bin Yahya bin Jabirul, Latin: Avicebron or Avencebrol; 1021/22-1058), born in Malaga, Spain was an Andalusian poet and Jewish philosopher. He published over a hundred poems, as well as works of biblical exegesis, philosophy, ethics, and satire.

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שָׁלוֹם לְךָ (לְבֶן) דּוֹדִי | Shalom Lekh (l’Ven) Dodi, by Shlomo ibn Gabirol (ca. 11th c.)

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