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=== An Imitation of the Modern Arab === | === An Imitation of the Modern Arab === | ||
Said the Night to the Day.– | Said the Night to the Day.– | ||
My | My praises travel around, | ||
more than your famous ones. | more than your famous ones. | ||
–The Day responded | –The Day responded | ||
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And then they leave!– | And then they leave!– | ||
–The Night continues on | –The Night continues on | ||
From me with | From me with sorrow, oh Day | ||
You leave and come back. | You leave and come back. | ||
People who are in love | People who are in love | ||
In the center of their wounded hearts | |||
They suffer from my being late | |||
With humble words | With humble words | ||
Humble in my Love | Humble in my Love | ||
Wherever I am | Wherever I am | ||
Any kind of joy can be found | |||
And | And vices and drinking are what | ||
those who suffer from Love experience, many of these people | |||
During my hours . | During my hours, together they | ||
ask anxiously. | |||
Long is the night | |||
And they detested the return | And they detested the return | ||
Of the indiscreet day; | Of the indiscreet day; | ||
Because in the hours of the nighttime | |||
Love permits all. | Love permits all. | ||
Now that you have heard my prayers, | Now that you have heard my prayers, | ||
You will still be courageous | You will still be courageous | ||
To compare yourself to me | To compare yourself to me | ||
And first even praise yourself | And first, to even praise yourself | ||
Oh | Oh, wicked day | ||
Are you disdained by all?– | |||
–Then the Day returns: – | –Then the Day returns: – | ||
Even though I am humiliated, | Even though I am humiliated, | ||
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== The Eagle and the Parrot == | == The Eagle and the Parrot == | ||
The chatty parrot | The chatty parrot | ||
One day with a particularly | One day with a particularly arrogant attitude | ||
Turned to the Eagle – "Really"– | Turned to the Eagle – "Really"– | ||
He said " | He said "My god! You have to peacefully tolerate | ||
Which?" the Eagle responded. – | that I have an advantage over you:" | ||
To the other birds | Which is?" the Eagle responded. – | ||
To the other birds | |||
And to me, the greatest | the Man of creation bestowed the gift of singing: | ||
And to me, the greatest quality, | |||
He gave accent and speech." | |||
Fool!" the angered eagle responded– | |||
Even though you chatter from morning to evening, | |||
Your speech is like a useless echo | |||
That | Because you cannot understand | ||
That which you hear and repeat. | |||
I, in the | I, in the presence of the shining, radiant disc | ||
Of the sun, | Of the sun, I focus my pupils–and how many | ||
Animals like you bother me– | |||
I | I tear them apart with my beak or I shred them with my claws." | ||
=== Morality === | === Morality === | ||
In the end, the parrot is like a gossipy person, a slanderer, a blabbermouth | In the end, the parrot is like a gossipy person, a slanderer, a blabbermouth | ||
Who the | Who the universe wants to keep at school. | ||
With his empty and changing words, | With his empty and changing words, | ||
A man who is intellectual and has a | A man who is intellectual and has a noble heart | ||
Avoids | Avoids him and thinks he is vile: | ||
But there is trouble if he | But there is trouble if he crosses the slanderous man, | ||
For he will strike with his excited ingenuity. | |||
M. Consigli | M. Consigli | ||