And gazing towards the heaven, she saw a sparrow's nest in the laurel, and made a lamentation in herself, saying: Alas! who begot me? and what womb produced me? because I have become a curse in the presence of the sons of Israel, and I have been reproached, and they have driven me in derision out of the temple of the Lord.
2Alas! to what have I been likened?
3I am not like the fowls of the heaven, because even the fowls of the heaven are productive before Thee, O Lord.
4Alas! to what have I been likened?
5I am not like the beasts of the earth, because even the beasts of the earth are productive before Thee, O Lord.
6Alas! to what have I been likened?
7I am not like these waters, because even these waters are productive before Thee, O Lord.
8Alas! to what have I been likened?
9I am not like this earth, because even the earth bringeth forth its fruits in season, and blesseth Thee, O Lord.