1. I heard that a mouse was mourned by
Her brother, grieving for her lost one

2. Crying “Woe is me, what misfortune is mine,
Who set the cat upon my sister's son?”

3. She wailed and bit the dust
And gathered dirt for the funeral rites

4. Saying “Today my pleasures have ceased
No good is left for me in life

5. Who will comfort me like that comforter
Who relieved me of such bitter pain?”

6. And he was near enough to hear
All she said and repeated clear

7. So he came saying “Good news to you
The one for whom you called has come to you”

8. But when she saw the mouse, she shuddered in fear
And took refuge in a neighbor's home

9. Saying from above “If after my son I die
Then who will be here to mourn and cry?”