Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917.
By Joel Blau (Trans. by the author from his Hebrew original)The Twin Stars
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Side by side like twins they are:
Like the eyes of God they seem,
As in Heaven’s height they gleam.
By my mother twinkle bright.
Are there eyes that watch on high?
Are there Sabbaths in the sky?
Do they fondly look at me?
But if lights for Sabbath-day—
Who’ll the Blessing o’er them say?