I should have beenas thoughI had not been,Carriedfrom wombto tomb.'
Whythen have You broughtme out of the womb?Would that I had diedand noeyehad seenme!
"Would He not letmy fewdaysalone?Withdrawfrom me that I may havea littlecheer
But I am not silencedby the darkness,Nordeep gloom[which] coversme.
"Whydid I not dieat birth,Comeforthfrom the womband expire?
"Orlike a miscarriagewhich is discarded,I would not be, As infantsthat neversawlight.
[Let them be] as a snailwhich meltsawayas it goesalong, [Like] the miscarriagesof a womanwhich neverseethe sun.
Becausehe did not killme beforebirth,So that my motherwould have beenmy grave,And her wombeverpregnant.
