Deliver Us

Deliver us, Lord, from every evil,
and grant us peace in our day.
In your mercy keep us free from sin
and protect us from all anxiety
as we wait in joyful hope
for the coming of our Saviour, Jesus Christ.

 

 

El camello ciego

 La muerte es como los atropellos de un camello ciego, al que encuentra mata, y al que lo evade, vive y se hace viejo.

-- Zuhair (s. 6)

I see death is like the blundering of a blind camel; -him whom he meets he kills, and he whom he misses lives and will become old.

-- İbn Abî Sûlmâ Zuhayr (https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-poem-of-zuhair/)

He visto a los destinos embestir cual camello ciego: a quien le acierta mata y a quien le yerra vive y es longevo.

-- Zuhair

رأيتُ المنايا خبطَ عشواءَ من تُصِب
تمُتهُ ومن تُخطئ يُعمَّر فيهرمِ

I see death as the striking of a blind she-camel:
whom it hits, it kills; whom it misses, he lives on and grows old.

-- Zuhayr ibn Abī Sulmā

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