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SISTER SUN by IBN MALIK OF GRANADA

First Line: IN THE DAWN'S FIRST LIGHT
Last Line: BETRAY ME? O NAY, NAY!'

In the dawn's first light
She shone upon my view
Shaking from her white
Brow che shimmering dew.

I cried, 'The sun I fear
Our secrets shall betray':
'Shall my sister dear
Betray me? O nay, nay!'



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