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Nativity 5

Ephrem the Syrian · syriac

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Summary

Nativity 5 is a madrasha (teaching hymn) by Ephrem the Syrian, composed in Syriac in the mid-4th century, likely in Nisibis or Edessa. The hymn celebrates Christ's nativity through paradoxical imagery—contrasting the manger with Davidic royalty—and typological allusions, such as the thirty days of mourning in Sodom. It survives in multiple manuscripts, with earliest witnesses from the 5th–6th centuries, and was incorporated into the East Syriac liturgical tradition for the Feast of the Nativity. The modern English translation aims to convey Ephrem's symbolic theology but may not fully capture his wordplay.

Nativity 5 exemplifies Ephrem's distinctive Christological poetry, using paradox and typology to articulate the mystery of the Incarnation. Its imagery—such as the manger as a 'house of treasures'—influenced later Syriac liturgical and theological traditions. The hymn also provides insight into 4th-century Syriac Christian worship and the development of Nativity celebrations in the East.

Historical context

Ephrem the Syrian (ca. 306–373) composed the Nativity hymns during his mature period, likely in Nisibis (where he served as a deacon and teacher) or later in Edessa, after the city's cession to Persia in 363. The hymns reflect the Syriac Christian tradition's emphasis on typology, paradox, and symbolic exegesis, rooted in a Semitic cultural milieu. The collection as a whole is attributed to Ephrem, though individual hymns like Nativity 5 are difficult to date precisely. The text was transmitted in Syriac manuscripts, with the earliest surviving witnesses dating to the 5th–6th centuries, and was later used in East Syriac liturgy and cited in theological works for its Christological content. The critical edition by Beck (1959) remains the standard.

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  • registerRegister: other in classical Syriac; the English keeps the liturgical formulae and the vocatives rather than normalising them.
  • structurePassages: 4 narrative.
  • caution3 passage(s) are fragmentary in the source; the English bridges each break and says so in the note.
  • sourceSource edition: syriac — CC BY 4.0

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ܡܰܕܪ̈ܳܫܶܐ ܕܒܶܝܬ ܝܰܠܕܳܐ ܥܰܠ ܩܳܠܳܐ ܕܡܰܢܽܘ ܣܳܦܶܩ ܠܰܡܡܰܠܳܠܽܘ ܗܳܢܰܘ ܝܰܪܚܳܐ ܕܰܛܥܺܝܢ ܟܽܠܶܗ ܟܽܠ ܚܰܕ̈ܘܳܬܳܐ ܚܽܘܪܳܪ ܥܰܒ̈ܕ̈ܶܐ ܚܽܘܬܳܪ ܚܺܐܪ̈ܶܐ ܟܽܘܠܳܠ ܬܰܪ̈ܥܶܐ ܦܽܘܢܳܩ ܦܰܓܪ̈ܶܐ ܐܳܦ ܐܰܪ̈ܓܽܘܢܶܐ ܫܳܕܶܐ ܒܚܽܘܒܶܗ ܐܰܝܟ ܕܰܠܡܰܠܟܳܐ ܥܽܘܢܺܝܬܳܐ : ܠܳܟ ܬܶܫܒܽܘܚܬܳܐ ܝܰܠܕܳܐ ܦܰܐܝܳܐ ܕܰܒܬܽܘܠܽܘܬܳܐ ܗܳܢܰܘ ܝܰܪܚܳܐ ܕܰܛܥܺܝܢ ܟܽܠܶܗ ܟܽܠ ܢܶܨܚ̈ܳܢܺܝܢ ܪܽܘܚܳܐ ܡܚܰܪܰܪ ܦܰܓܪܳܐ ܡܫܰܥܒܶܕ ܚܰܝ̈ܶܐ ܡܰܘܠܶܕ ܒܶܝܬ ܡܳܝܽܘ̈ܬܶܐ ܐܰܠܳܗܽܘܬܳܐ ܫܳܕܶܐ ܒܚܽܘܒܶܗ ܥܰܠ ܐ̱ܢܳܫܽܘܬܳܐ [ܒܗܳܢܳܐ ܝܰܪܚܳܐ] ܓܢܰܘ ܒܶܗ ܥܰܒ̈ܕܶܐ ܥܰܠ [ܬܰܫܘܺܝܬܳܐ ܘܰܓܢܰܘ ܚܺܐܪ̈ܶܐ] ܥܰܠ ܐܶܡ̈ܠܶܐ [ܘܰܓܢܰܘ ܡܰܠܟ̈ܶܐ ܥܰܠ] ܡܺܝ̈ܠܳܬܳܐ ܒܐܽܘܪܝܳܐ ܓܢܶܐ [ܗܘܳܐ ܡܳܪܝ] ܕܟܽܠܐ ܡܶܛܽܠ ܟܽܠܳܐ [ܗܳܐ] ܒܶܝܬ [ܠܚܶܡ] ܕܰܘܺܝܕ ܡܰܠܟܳܐ [ܒܽܘܨܳܐ] ܠܒܶܫ ܗܘܳܐ [ܡܳܪܶܗ ܕܕܰܘܺܝܕ ܘܰܒܪܶܗ ܕܕܰܘܺܝܕ ܒܓܰܘ ܥܰܙܪܽܘܪ̈ܶܐ] ܛܡܰܪ ܬܳܫܒܽܘܚܬܶܗ ܝܰܗܒ ܥܰܙܪܽܘܪ̈ܰܘܗܝ ܐܶܣܛܰܠ ܫܽܘܒܚܳܐ ܠܰܒܢܰܝ̈ܢܳܫܳܐ ܒܗܳܢܳܐ ܝܰܘܡܳܐ ܙܺܝܘܳܐ ܒܨܰܥܪܳܐ ܚܰܠܶܦ ܡܳܪܰܢ ܐܰܝܟ ܡܰܟܺܝܟܳܐ ܕܚܰܠܶܦ ܡܳܪܰܢ ܐܰܝܟ ܡܰܟܺܝܟܳܐ ܕܚܰܠܶܦ ܐܳܕܳܡ ܩܽܘܫܬܳܐ ܒܥܽܘܠܳܐ ܐܰܝܟ ܗܦܟܝܳܐ ܚܳܢܶܗ ܛܳܒܳܐ ܙܟܰܝ̈ ܬܽܘܩ̈ܢܳܬܶܗ ܠܰܕܗ̈ܳܦܟܺܝܢ ܢܶܪܕܽܘܦ ܟܽܠܢܳܫ ܡܰܐܺܝܢܽܘܬܶܗ ܕܠܳܐ ܡܶܐܢܰܬ ܠܳܗܿ ܠܗܳܝ ܪܰܒܽܘܬܳܐ ܕܬܶܗܘܶܐ ܒܟܰܪܣܳܐ ܝܰܪ̈ܚܶܐ ܬܶܫܥܳܐ ܡܶܛܽܘܠܳܬܰܢ ܘܬܶܗܘܶܐ ܫܢܰܝ̈ܳܐ ܬܠܳܬܺܝܢ ܒܣܳܕܽܘܡ ܒܰܝܢܳܬ ܦܰܩܪ̈ܶܐ ܕܰܚܙܳܐ ܛܳܒܳܐ ܕܡܶܣܟܺܝܢ ܘܰܫܦܶܠ ܓܶܢܣܳܐ ܕܐܢܳܫܳܐ ܥܳܒ ܥܰܕܥܺܕ̈ܶܐ ܐܰܝܟ ܒܶܝܬ ܓܰܙ̈ܶܐ ܘܰܦܬܰܚ ܐܶܢܽܘܢ ܠܰܚܒܰܢܳܢ̈ܶܐ ܕܥܺܐܕܳܐ ܢܫܰܓܶܫ ܠܰܚܒܰܢܳܢܳܐ ܕܰܢܩܽܘܡ ܢܶܥܬܰܪ ܗܳܐ ܥܰܕܥܺܕܶܗ ܐܰܝܟ ܒܶܝܬ ܓܰܙܶܗ
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Madrashe of the House of the Birth-Giver On the melody of "Ma‘qo Sapeq lammallalun" This month, which is wholly astray, All joys have made servants grow pale, The free have become slaves, the doors have been crowned, Bodies have been loosed, and even the poor, He casts down in his love as if to a king. Refrain: To you, praise, O beautiful Birth-Giver, who is in virginity. This month, which is wholly astray, All the roots of the spirit set free, The body enslaves, it generates life, A house of waters, a divinity, He casts down in his love upon the sign of the cross. In this month, servants have entered, Upon the foundation, and the free have entered, Upon the mothers, and kings have entered, Upon the dead, in the threshing-floor he entered. My Lord of all, because of the crown, Behold, in the house of bread of David the king, In a manger, he who is Lord of David was clothed, And the son of David, within the poor, He buried his glory, gave to his poor, He stripped off glory for the beggars. On this day, radiance in the morning, The Lord changed, as if lowly, That he changed the Lord, as if lowly, That Adam changed truth for falsehood, As if a turning, his sin, the good one, His victories conquered the perverted, He pursues all the weariness of his might, That that greatness could not be, That it might be in a womb for nine months, Because of our reasons, and that it might be a cry, Thirty in Sodom, among the houses of the dead, That he saw the good one who is poor and lowly, The side of the cross does at the appointed times, Like a house of treasures, and he opened a door, To the hidden things of the feast, he confuses, To the hidden things of the standing, he enriches. Behold, his appointed time, like his treasure-house.
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ܦܬܰܚ ܠܰܢ ܒܽܘܟܪܳܐ ܚܰܕ ܗܽܘ ܝܰܘܡܳܐ ܫܠܳܡܳܐ ܒܫܰܢ̱ܬܳܐ ܦܬܰܚ ܒܰܠܚܽܘܕ ܗܳܢ ܒܶܝܬ ܓܰܙܳܐ ܬܰܘ ܢܶܬܟܰܫܰܪ ܢܶܥܬܰܪ ܡܶܢܶܗ ܥܰܕܠܳܐ ܐܰܚܕܽܘܗܝ ܛܽܘܒ ܠܫܰܗܳܪ̈ܶܐ ܕܗܳܐ ܒܰܙܘ ܡܶܢܶܗ ܒܶܙܰܬ ܚ̈ܰܝܶܐ ܚܶܣܕܰܐ ܗ̱ܘ ܪܰܒܳܐ ܟܰܕ ܚܳܙܶܐ ܐܢܳܫ ܚܰܒܪܶܗ ܕܣܳܒܶܠ ܡܰܦܶܩ ܓܰܙ̈ܶܐ ܘܗܽܘ ܒܶܝܬ ܓܰܙܳܐ ܝܳܬܶܒ ܢܳܐܶܡ ܕܰܣܦܺܝܩ ܢܶܦܽܘܩ ܒܗܳܢܳܐ ܥܺܐܕܳܐ ܢܟܰܠܶܠ ܟܽܠܢܳܫ ܬܰܪܥܳܐ ܕܠܶܒܶܗ ܬܪܰܓ ܬܰܪܥܶܗ ܪܽܘܚܳܐ ܕܩܽܘܕܫܳܐ ܬܶܥܽܘܠ ܬܶܫܪܶܐ ܘܰܬܩܰܕܶܫ ܒܶܗ ܕܗܳܐ ܡܶܬܟܰܪܟܳܐ ܥܰܠ ܟܽܠ ܬܰܪ̈ܥܺܝܢ ܕܐܰܝܟܳܐ [ܬܶܫܪܶܐ] ܒܗܳܢܳܐ ܥܺܐܕܳܐ ܦܨܺܝܚܺܝܢ ܬܰܪ̈ܥܶܐ ܒܐܰܦܰܝ̈ ܬܰܪ̈ܥܶܐ ܘܚܳܕܶܐ ܩܽܘܕܫܳܐ ܒܗܰܝܟܰܠ ܩܽܘܕܫܳܐ ܘܪܳܥܶܡ ܩܳܠܳܐ ܒܦܽܘܡ ܝܰܠܽܘ̈ܕܶܐ ܘܚܰܕܳܐ ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ ܒܓܰܘ ܥܰܕܥܺܕܶܗ ܐܰܝܟ ܪܰܒ ܚܰܝܠܳܐ ܒܝܰܠܕܶܗ ܕܰܒܪܳܐ ܟܬܰܒ ܗܘܳܐ ܡܰܠܟܳܐ ܒܰܟܣܶܦ ܪܺܫܳܐ ܠܰܒܢܰܝ̈ܢܳܫܳܐ ܕܰܢܚܽܘܒܽܘܢ ܠܶܗ ܢܦܰܩ ܠܰܢ ܡܰܠܟܳܐ ܕܰܥܛܳܐ ܫܶܛܪ̈ܺܝܢ ܘܰܟܬܰܒ ܒܰܫܡܶܗ ܫܛܳܪܳܐ ܐܚܪܺܢܳܐ ܕܰܢܚܽܘܒ ܠܰܢ ܗܽܘ ܙܟܳܐ ܢܰܗܺܝܪܳܐ ܘܰܪܫܰܡ ܐܪܳܙܳܐ ܒܕܰܪ̈ܓܶܐ ܕܰܣܠܶܩ ܬܪ̈ܶܥܣܰܪ ܝܰܘܡܺܝ̈ܢ ܗܳܐ ܡܶܢ ܕܰܣܠܶܩ ܘܗܳܢܳܐ ܕܝܰܘܡܳܢ ܕܰܬܠܳܬܰܥܣܰܪ ܐܪܳܙܳܐ ܫܰܠܡܳܐ ܕܝܰܠܕܶܗ ܕܰܒܪܳܐ ܘܕܰܬܪ̈ܶܥܣܰܪܬܶܗ ܚܒܰܫ ܗܘܳܐ ܡܽܘܫܶܐ ܐܶܡܪܳܐ ܒܢܺܝܣܳܢ ܒܳܗܿ ܒܰܥܣܰܪܬܳܐ ܐܪܳܙܶܗ ܕܰܒܪܳܐ ܕܐܶܬܳܐ ܠܟܰܪܣܳܐ ܘܰܚܒܰܫ ܢܰܦܫܶܗ ܒܳܗܿ ܒܰܥܣܰܪܬܳܐ ܢܦܰܩ ܡܶܢ ܟܰܪܣܳܐ ܒܗܳܢܳܐ ܝܰܪܚܳܐ ܕܰܙܟܳܐ ܢܽܘܗܪܳܐ ܚܳܒ ܚܶܫܽܘܟܳܐ ܕܰܢܒܰܕܶܩ ܗܘܳܐ ܕܚܳܒ ܣܛܳܢܐ ܘܰܙܟܳܐ ܢܽܘܗܪܳܐ ܕܰܢܝܰܒܶܒ ܗܘܳܐ ܕܰܢܨܰܚ ܒܽܘܟܪܳܐ ܚܳܒ ܠܶܗ ܚܶܫܟܳܐ ܥܰܡ ܚܶܫܽܘܟܳܐ ܘܰܙܟܳܐ ܢܽܘܗܪܰܢ ܥܰܡ ܢܰܗܺܝܪܳܐ ܡܰܚܶܒ ܗܘܳܐ ܠܶܗ ܝܰܘܣܶܦ ܠܰܒܪܳܐ
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He opened the door with a key, that day. Peace at the hour opened alone. Behold, the treasury was plundered; it became rich from him before they seized him. Blessed are the watchers, for they saw from him; life plundered a great grace. When a man sees his companion suffering, he brings out treasures, and he is the treasury. He sits and stands, for it is easy to go out. On this feast, he crowned everyone. The door of his heart opened his door. May the Spirit of Holiness enter and dwell, and sanctify in him, for he is being crowned. On all the doors wherever she dwells, on this feast the doors are joyful. On the faces of the doors, holiness rejoices. In the temple of holiness, a voice thunders. In the mouths of infants, Christ rejoices. Within his congregation, like a great commander. By the birth of the Son, the king wrote. With the head tax for the subjects, that they might serve him, the king went out to you. He cancelled the decrees and wrote in his name. Another decree that serves you is that. A brilliant victory, and he sealed the mystery. By the steps he ascended, twelve days. Behold, from when he ascended, and this day, the thirteenth, the mystery is complete. Of the birth of the Son and of his twelfth. Moses gathered the lamb in a basket. In that tenth, the mystery of the Son, that he came to the womb and gathered himself. In that tenth, he went out from the womb. In this month of pure victory, he hid the darkness that he had left. That he hid the error, and pure victory, that he had cried out, that he had shouted in the morning. He hid the darkness with the darkness, and pure victory with the brilliant one. He was hiding it, Joseph, for the Son.
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ܐܰܝܟ ܕܰܠܥܽܘܠܳܐ ܡܫܰܡܶܫ ܗܘܳܐ ܠܶܗ ܐܰܝܟ ܕܠܐܰܠܳܗܳܐ ܚܰܕ ܗܘܳܐ ܒܶܗ ܐܰܝܟ ܕܰܒܛܳܒܳܐ ܘܰܙܗܺܝܪ ܡܶܢܶܗ ܐܰܝܟ ܡܶܢ ܟܺܐܢܳܐ ܦܶܗܝܳܐ ܪܰܒܳܐ ܡܰܢܽܘ ܝܰܗܒ ܠܺܝ ܒܰܪ ܥܶܠܳܝܳܐ ܕܰܒܪܳܐ ܢܗܶܐ ܠܺܝ [ܛܰܢܬ] ܒܐܶܡܳܟ ܘܨܳܒܶܝܬ ܕܐܫܪܶܝܗܿ ܠܳܐ ܝܳܕܰܥ ܗܺܘܝܬ ܕܰܒܓܰܘ ܟܰܪܣܳܗܿ ܓܰܙܰܐ ܗ̱ܘ ܪܰܒܳܐ ܕܰܠܡܶܣܟܺܢܽܘܬܝ ܐܰܥܬܰܪ ܡܶܢ ܫܶܠܝ ܕܰܘܺܝܕ ܡܰܠܟܳܐ ܩܳܡ ܡܶܢ ܫܰܪܒܳܬܝ ܘܰܩܛܰܪ ܬܳܓܳܐ ܠܫܰܦܠܳܐ ܪܰܒܳܐ ܡܛܺܝܬ ܐܶܢܳܐ ܕܰܚܠܳܦ ܡܰܠܟܳܐ ܗܘܺܝܬ ܢܰܓܳܪܳܐ ܬܳܓܳܐ ܦܓܰܥ ܒܺܝ ܕܰܒܥܽܘܒܝ ܐܺܝܬܰܘܗܝ ܡܳܪܶܐ ܬܳܓ̈ܶܐ ܒܩ̈ܳܠܶܐ ܚܣܺܝ̈ܡܶܐ ܪܶܬܚܶܬ ܡܰܪܝܰܡ ܐܳܦ ܢܰܨܪܰܬܶܗ ܡܰܢܽܘ ܝܰܗܒ ܠܳܗܿ ܠܰܡܓܰܙܰܝܬܳܐ ܕܬܶܒܛܰܢ ܬܺܐܠܰܕ ܚܰܕ ܣܰܓܺܝܳܐܐ ܙܥܽܘܪ ܐܳܦ ܣܰܓܺܝ ܕܨܐܶܕܝ ܟܽܠܶܗ ܘܨܶܝܕ ܟܽܠ ܟܽܠܶܗ ܝܰܘܡܳܐ ܕܥܰܠ ܒܶܗ ܗܽܘ ܓܰܒܪܺܝܐܶܝܠ ܨܶܝܕ ܡܶܣܟܺܢܽܘܬܝ ܚܺܐܪܬܳܐ ܘܐܰܡܬܳܐ ܥܰܒܕܰܢܝ ܡܶܢ ܫܶܠܝ ܐܰܡܬܳܗܿ ܐ̱ܢܳܐ ܓܶܝܪ ܕܐܰܠܳܗܽܘܬܳܟ ܘܐܶܡܳܗܿ ܐ̱ܢܳܐ ܬܽܘܒ ܕܐ̱ܢܳܫܽܘܬܳܟ ܡܳܪܳܐ ܘܰܒܪܳܐ ܡܶܢ ܫܶܠܝ ܐܰܡܬܳܐ ܗܘܳܬ ܒܰܪܬ ܡܰܠܟܳܐ ܒܳܟ ܒܰܪ ܡܰܠܟܳܐ ܗܳܐ ܡܫܰܦܰܠܬܳܐ ܒܓܰܘ ܒܶܝܬ ܕܰܘܺܝܕ ܡܶܛܠܳܬܳܟ ܐܳܘ ܒܰܪ ܕܰܘܺܝܪ ܗܳܐ ܒܰܪܬ ܐܰܪܥܳܐ ܡܛܳܬ ܠܰܫܡܰܝܳܐ ܒܰܫܡܰܝܳܢܳܐ ܟܡܳܐ ܟܰܝ ܐܶܬܗܰܪ ܕܰܪܡܶܐ ܩܕܳܡܰܝ ܥܽܘܠܳܐ ܣܳܒܳܐ ܕܟܽܠ ܠܰܫܡܰܝܳܐ ܬܰܠܝܳܐ ܥܰܝܢܶܗ ܟܰܕ ܠܳܐ ܫܳܠܶܐ ܪܶܬܡܳܐ ܕܦܽܘܡܶܗ ܡܳܐ ܕܳܡܶܐ ܠܺܝ ܕܥܰܡ ܐܰܠܳܗܳܐ ܡܡܰܠܶܠ ܫܶܬܩܶܗ ܡܰܢܽܘ ܚܙܳܐ ܟܰܝ ܥܽܘܠܳܐ ܕܚܳܐܰܪ ܟܽܠܶܗ ܠܟܽܠ ܕܽܘܟ ܕܳܡܶܐ ܚܶܙܘܶܗ ܕܗܽܘܝܽܘ ܡܕܰܒܰܪ ܟܽܠ ܒܶܪ̈ܝܳܬܳܐ ܕܰܠܥܶܠ ܘܕܰܠܬܰܚܬ ܕܳܡܶܐ ܚܝܳܪܶܗ ܠܗܰܘ ܦܳܩܽܘܕܳܐ ܕܰܠܟܽܠ ܦܳܩܶܕ ܐܰܝܟܰܢ ܐܶܦܬܰܚ ܡܰܒܽܘܥ ܚܰܠܒܳܐ ܠܳܟ ܡܰܒܽܘܥܳܐ ܐܰܝܟܢ ܐܶܬܶܠ
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As for the steward, he served him as if he were a god, one in him. As if good and careful from him, as if from a great, wide vessel. Quickly he gave me a son of the heights, who brought her to me [to taste] in her mother. And I desired to set her down, I did not know that within her womb was a great treasure, that from my poverty I might become rich from her. David the king arose from my lineage and bound a crown to great lowliness. I reached the wood for the sake of the king; I became a carpenter; the crown met me, that in my eye is the lord of crowns. With broken voices Mary gave birth; also her virginity quickly gave to the treasury that it might be filled with the one born. One many, small and also great, who hunts all and hunts all entirely. The day he entered, that Gabriel, he hunted my poverty, freewoman and maidservant. Her maidservant made me from her, for I am the mother of your divinity and her mother, again I am the mother of your humanity, Lord, and son. From her a maidservant became a king's daughter. In you, a king's son, behold, the lowly one, within the house of David because of you. Or son of David, behold, daughter of the earth reached the heavens through the heavenly one. How then am I amazed that the old steward of all the heavens throws his hand, while he does not cease? The murmur of his mouth, what is it like to me, that with God his silence speaks? Quickly see how the steward who sees, all of him to all of you, his vision is like that of the one who governs all creatures, above and below, his gaze is like that of the commander who commands all. As if a spring of milk opened for you, a spring as if it gave.
dsc-553:4 · narrativemedium
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ܬܽܘܒ ܡܳܙܽܘܢܳܐ ܠܳܟ ܙܳܐܶܢ ܟܽܠ ܡܶܢ ܦܳܬܽܘܪܶܗ ܐܰܝܟܰܢ ܐܶܩܪܽܘܒ ܨܶܝܕ ܥܰܙܪܽܘܪ̈ܶܐ ܥܛܺܝܦ ܙܰܠܺܝܩ̈ܶܐ
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Again the steward gave you a taste of all from his table, as if to a guest. For the sake of the little goats, the embers are bent.
Citation. Tergwame, “Nativity 5”, dsc-553:1, machine-draft, 2026. https://naxiai.com/christian/works/dsc-553#s1
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