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    You said, ‘I am queen forever!’
But you did not think about what you were doing.
    You did not consider how things might turn out.

“So listen, you who love pleasure.
    You think you are safe and secure.
You say to yourself,
    ‘I am like a god.
    No one is greater than I am.
I’ll never be a widow.
    And my children will never be taken away from me.’

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You said, ‘I am forever(A)
    the eternal queen!’(B)
But you did not consider these things
    or reflect(C) on what might happen.(D)

“Now then, listen, you lover of pleasure,
    lounging in your security(E)
and saying to yourself,
    ‘I am, and there is none besides me.(F)
I will never be a widow(G)
    or suffer the loss of children.’

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