‘Oh, you shining sun on this earth since eternity, blessed with your divine light, which has become a mirror of the souls of lovers and good people, you were an inspiration to the prophets. I beg you to hasten the pace in your certain departure; my comrades are in a bitter struggle for all our lives. O blessed sun, mercy us, not only for us, but for that mother waiting for her absent son behind the mountains.’

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