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THE CROW by IBN SA'ID OF ALCALA LA REAL

First Line: IF YOU SEE THE CROW, MY LOVE
Last Line: WITH YOUR CEREMENTS OF GRIEF!'

If you see the crow, my love,
Inauspicious omen of
Separation imminent,
Say to him: 'O bird, relent,
Or may Allah otherwise
Strike you to the farthest skies!

'How you clamour and you scream
Mournfully in the extreme,
Then you stumble on your way
Showing off your black array,
Satisfied beyond belief
With your cerements of grief!'



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