The days of his youth
His youth; the period when he was young.
("You have shortened the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame, Selah" - Psalms 89:46. And likewise: "Sometimes the soul will pine for the roots of its source. And there is the old, decrepit dog yearning for the years of its youth that were cut off, and for the evil inclination it left behind with sighs..." - Y. L. Peretz, "The Transformation of a Tune." And likewise: "And the hearts of those sitting there soften; they remember the days of their youth / a spirit of sadness rests, and there are those for whom a man's eye will tear" - Shaul Tchernichovsky / Mordechai Ha-Pudovki, "Fifth Song")
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
יְמֵי עֲלוּמָיו, יְמֵי נְעוּרָיו
Definition (Hebrew)
תְּקוּפַת נַעֲרוּתוֹ. בִּהְיוֹתוֹ צָעִיר.
("הִקְצַרְתָּ יְמֵי עֲלוּמָיו הֶעֱטִיתָ עָלָיו בּוּשָׁה סֶלָה"- תְּהִלִּים פָּט מו, וְכֵן:"לִפְעָמִים תִּכְלֶה הַנֶּפֶשׁ בְּגַעְגּוּעֶיהָ אֶל שָׁרְשֵׁי מְקוֹרָהּ. וְיֵשׁ וְכֶלֶב זָקֵן וַחֲסַר שָׁנִים מִתְגַּעְגֵּעַ לִשְׁנוֹת עֲלוּמָיו שֶׁנָּגֹזּוּ, וְאֶל יִצְרוֹ- הָרַע שֶׁעָזְבוּ לַאֲנָחוֹת..."- י"ל פֶּרֶץ/ גִּלְגּוּלוֹ שֶׁל נִגּוּן, וְכֵן:"וְלִבּוֹת הַיּוֹשְׁבִים מִתְרַכְּכִים, נִזְכְּרוּ יְמֵי עֲלוּמֵיהֶם/ רוּחַ עַצֶּבֶת שְׁרוּיָה וְיֵשׁ אֲשֶׁר תִּדְמַע עֵין גֶּבֶר"- שָׁאוּל טְשֶׁרְנִיחוֹבְסְקִי/ מָרְדְּכַי הַפּוּדוֹבְקָאִי, שִׁיר חֲמִישִׁי)