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We have become orphans with no father.
    Our mothers have become like widows.
We have to buy the water we drink.
    We must pay for the wood for our fires.
They work us hard as if we were animals with a yoke on our necks.
    We get tired and have no rest.

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We have become fatherless,
    our mothers are widows.(A)
We must buy the water we drink;(B)
    our wood can be had only at a price.(C)
Those who pursue us are at our heels;
    we are weary(D) and find no rest.(E)

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