| arberry | |
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| 1. * | By heaven and the night-star! |
| 2. * | And what shall teach thee what is the night-star? |
| 3. * | The piercing star! |
| 4. * | Over every soul there is a watcher. |
| 5. * | So let man consider of what he was created; |
| 6. * | he was created of gushing water |
| 7. * | issuing between the loins and the breast-bones. |
| 8. * | Surely He is able to bring him back |
| 9. * | upon the day when the secrets are tried, |
| 10. * | and he shall have no strength, no helper. |
| 11. * | By heaven of the returning rain, |
| 12. * | by earth splitting with verdure, |
| 13. * | surely it is a decisive word; |
| 14. * | it is no merriment. |
| 15. * | They are devising guile, |
| 16. * | and I am devising guile. |
| 17. * | So respite the unbelievers; delay with them awhile. |