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THE STARS.
“Tell me this, old friend, if you can tell it,What's the Rommany for stars in heaven?”
“Yes, my master. Stars with us are shīrkis,
And from chīriclis or birds, I take it.
For the birds and stars are like in nature:
Stars are only birds of light in heaven,
Flying far above our heads for ever;
Birds of fire which only fly in darkness:
And the moon's the lady of the heavens,
Coming nightly, certain in her coming,
O'er the meadow, just to feed her chickens.”
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