All my pleasures have fled

All my pleasures have fled
and I have lost my life
I am left in an empty place

My wife laments
and my mother laments
my son laments
and my brothers lament

I suffer sore affliction
both day and night
and find no comfort, no repose

My wife laments
and my mother laments
my son laments
and my brothers lament

I ask my mother why she bore me
and my wife why she married me
I am ashamed in the presence of my son

My wife laments
and my mother laments
my son laments
and my brothers lament

And I lament and mourn

January 2015