My Heart is in the East

My heart is in the East and I am at the edge of the West.
Then how can I taste what I eat, how can I enjoy it?
How can I fulfil my vows and pledges
while Zion is in the domain of Edom,
and I am in the bonds of Arabia?
It would be easy for me to leave behind all the good things of Spain;
it would be glorious to see the dust of the ruined Shrine.

Yehuda Halevi