Classic Poem

" Tell me this, old friend, if you can tell it,
What's the Rommany for stars in heaven? "
" Yes, my master. Stars with us are shirkis ,
And from chiriclis or birds, I take it.
For the birds and stars are like in nature:
Stars are only birds of light in heaven,
Flying far above our heads for ever;
Birds of fire which only fly in darkness:
And the moon's the lady of the heavens,
Coming nightly, certain in her coming,
O'er the meadow, just to feed her chickens. "