摘要：Shalem Shabazi,acknowledged and revered as the greatest Yemenite poet is an unknown figure to the English-speaking *** name appears in no general *** works are not to be found in any general literary anthology or collection of *** in his lifetime it is said he wrote 15,000 poems,many of which have been *** enriched Hebrew literature,creating in the shadow of the Psalms,in a mood of longing for the *** gave form to the wedding ceremony,conceived in the image of the Song of Songs(Canticles)as a sacred consecration,a bond between God and his *** wrote many books,but only one,“Hemdat Hayamim”*** songs are sung at every table and occasion where Yemenite Jews gather to celebrate their heritage,since the day they were written to the present.