Becausehe did not killme beforebirth,So that my motherwould have beenmy grave,And her wombeverpregnant.
"Orlike a miscarriagewhich is discarded,I would not be, As infantsthat neversawlight.
Ifa manfathersa hundred[children] and livesmanyyears,however manythey be, but his soulis not satisfiedwith goodthingsand he does not evenhavea [proper] burial,[then] I say,"Betterthe miscarriagethanhe,
Woeto me, my mother,that you have borneme [As] a manof strifeand a manof contentionto allthe land!I have not lent,norhave men lentmoney to me, [Yet] everyonecursesme.