Jewish melodies

"Jewish Melodies" is a poetic cycle from Heinrich Heine's last book, "Romanser" (1851), which includes three works. "Princess Shabbat" is a sensitive and at the same time ironic story about one of the main holidays of the Jewish people - Shabbat. "Yehuda ben Halevi" is a sublime and humorous poem about the greatest Jewish poet of the Middle Ages. "Dispute" is a witty criticism of the limitations of thinking and focus on dogmas on the example of a dispute between a rabbi and a monk. The book also includes the poem "Donna Clara" from the collection "Book of Songs". The translations are accompanied by a thorough preface by G. Sinila and comments.