14 Arur (cursed) be the day

wherein I was born;

let not the day wherein immi bore me

yehi baruch (be blessed).

15 Arur (cursed) be the ish

who brought news to avi, saying:

A ben zachar (male child) is born unto thee;

making him very glad.

16 And let that ish be as the towns

which Hashem overthrew, and relented not;

and let him hear the wailing in the boker,

and the teru’ah (battle cry) at noontide;

17 Because he slaughtered me not from the womb;

or that immi might have been my kever,

and olam (forever) her womb enlarged.

18 Why came I forth out of the womb

to see amal (trouble, toil) and sorrow,

that my days should be consumed with shame?