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Let darkness and the deepest shadow claim it; let a cloud settle on it; let whatever blackens the day terrify it!

Verse ConceptsBlacknessBlackGod Is JustColors, BlackEclipse

Indeed, let that night be barren; let no shout of joy penetrate it!

Verse ConceptsBarrennessShoutingLack Of Rejoicing

because it did not shut the doors of my mother's womb on me, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes!

Verse ConceptsBirth ControlWomb

Like a servant longing for the evening shadow, and like a hired man looking for his wages,

Verse ConceptsMonotonySlaves

For we were born yesterday and do not have knowledge, since our days on earth are but a shadow.

Verse ConceptsLife, HumanPhysical LifeShadowsLife, Brevity OfThose Who Were IgnorantTime PassingWeather In The Last Days

before I depart, never to return, to the land of darkness and the deepest shadow,

Verse ConceptsPeople not returning

to the land of utter darkness, like the deepest darkness, and the deepest shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness."

Verse ConceptsThe Outer DarknessOuter Darkness

He grows up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and does not remain.

Verse ConceptsFlowersdrynessLife, HumanPhysical LifeShadowsLife, Brevity OfTime Passing

Like a vine he will let his sour grapes fall, and like an olive tree he will shed his blossoms.

Verse ConceptsOlives

In the dark the robber breaks into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they do not know the light.

Verse ConceptsSecret Sinsthieves

They were banished from the community -- people shouted at them like they would shout at thieves --

Verse ConceptsPeople Ostracised

"Who shut up the sea with doors when it burst forth, coming out of the womb,

Verse ConceptsWombDivine Power Over NatureBeachesShutting DoorsThe OceanThe Sea

The lotus trees conceal it in their shadow; the poplars by the stream conceal it.

Verse ConceptsWillows

Its back has rows of shields, shut up closely together as with a seal;

Out of its mouth go flames, sparks of fire shoot forth!