1. And a man embracing a child waking him from
Sleep, pinching his ears, so he cries out

2. So he calms him, rocking him gently
And with the discipline of striking him, so he sobs

3. A sobbing that makes one desire to strike him to hear it
And some of the splendor in it is ugly to him

4. And he assaults him, seizing him by the throat
And squeezes him until he nearly faints

5. But when he sings to him, he falls silent
Conversing with him through sound while in comfort

6. And it is his fortune that God has made his sobbing
Dear to us, so he becomes a lamenter, then rests