⁶ Our suffering isn't caused
    by the failure of crops;

⁷ it's all part of life,
    like sparks shooting skyward.

7 Why is life so hard?
    Why do we suffer?
² We are slaves in search of shade;
we are laborers longing
    for our wages.
³ God has made my days drag on
    and my nights miserable.

14 ^(A) Life is short and sorrowful
    for every living soul.