Why are there stars
That have to be so far?
Why do they thus shine
And still be a part of night?
Why do I dream
For what I only can wish?
And why I have to wish
For what that's not just a dream?
ci•pher (also cy•pher) /ˈsī-fər/ noun
1 a secret way of writing, especially one in which a set of letters or symbols is used to represent others
2 a code: a message in cipher
3 (formal, disapproving) a person or thing of no importance.
4 (BrE) the first letters of sb’s name combined in a design and used to mark things.
— Middle English cifre, from Old French, from Medieval Latin cifra, from Arabic ṣifr, from ṣafira, to be empty, translation of Sanskrit śūnyam.
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