Like a slave who longs for (A)the shadow,
    and like (B)a hired hand who looks for his (C)wages,
so I am allotted months of (D)emptiness,
    (E)and nights of misery are apportioned to me.
(F)When I lie down I say, ‘When shall I arise?’
    But the night is long,
    and I am full of tossing till the dawn.

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