^{3 Ref} Let the day perish in which I am born, And the night that hath said: `A man-child hath been conceived.'

^{4 Ref} That day -- let it be darkness, Let not God require it from above, Nor let light shine upon it.

^{5 Ref} Let darkness and death-shade redeem it, Let a cloud tabernacle upon it, Let them terrify it as the most bitter of days.

⁶ That night -- let thick darkness take it, Let it not be united to days of the year, Into the number of months let it not come.

^{7 Ref} Lo! that night -- let it be gloomy, Let no singing come into it.

^{8 Ref} Let the cursers of day mark it, Who are ready to wake up Leviathan.

^{9 Ref} Let the stars of its twilight be dark, Let it wait for light, and there is none, And let it not look on the eyelids of the dawn.

^{10 Ref} Because it hath not shut the doors Of the womb that was mine! And hide misery from mine eyes.