| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | The Twin Stars | | By Joel Blau (Trans. George Alexander Kohut) |
| | | TWO stars are shining in the skies, | |
| Like twins they are united; | |
| They look like God’s own beaming eyes | |
| In distant darkness lighted. | |
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| Like tapers on the Sabbath eve | 5 |
| That mother kindles for us— | |
| Are there then Sabbaths up on high | |
| And real eyes gleaming o’er us? | |
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| If God Almighty’s eyes they are, | |
| Their soft glance is caressing; | 10 |
| But if they’re only Sabbath lamps, | |
| Who will pronounce the blessing? | | | | |
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