1. Your mother lamented having you, O son of Joseph
Indeed, alas for you, you who pluck out

2. If only the summer would come
When people’s heads are uncovered

3. And you uncovered your cheeks to me
I would have uncovered something like a palm fiber mat

4. Or like crops afflicted by mildew
Or a humpback's hunched back

5. And the farmers came upon it
To reap it, though it was spoiled

6. And you remained sorrowing like one who has lost their loved ones
They grieved, but grief did not avail