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Time.. is two.

8 Oct

الدهر يومان ذا أمن وذا خطـر
والعيش عيشان ذا صفو وذا كدر
أما ترى البحر تعلو فوقه جيف
وتستقر بأقصى قاعـه الـدرر
وفي السماء نجوم لا عداد لهـا
وليس يكسف إلا الشمس والقمر

Time is two days, one of safety, one of danger
Life is two lives, one clear (calm), one with hardship
Don’t you see (how) bodies float on top of the sea
Yet, at the bottom of  it, settle the pearls
And in the heavens are stars that have no count
Yet, (the only) eclipsed ones, are the sun and the moon

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