| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | The Twin Stars | | By Joel Blau (Trans. by the author from his Hebrew original) |
| | | UP above me star and star— | |
| Side by side like twins they are: | |
| Like the eyes of God they seem, | |
| As in Heaven’s height they gleam. | |
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| Like on Sabbath light and light, | 5 |
| By my mother twinkle bright. | |
| Are there eyes that watch on high? | |
| Are there Sabbaths in the sky? | |
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| If Almighty’s eyes they be, | |
| Do they fondly look at me? | 10 |
| But if lights for Sabbath-day— | |
| Who’ll the Blessing o’er them say? | | | | |
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