1. O mountain of affliction that remains steadfast,
Woe to him who carries your burden, it would crush him.

2. God has shaped you well,
Yet not sweetened nor salted.

3. Long have I pondered,
Yet know not your purpose.

4. You're unfit for satire,
Nor worthy of praise.

5. Rather I ask God's forgiveness,
For your face can be smoothed over.

6. Would that you'd not seen the evening,
Nor lived to see the morn!

7. Would that in the depths,
You could not surface to swim!