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I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
I am a brother to jackals, And a companion to ostriches.
“I am a brother to [howling] jackals, And a companion to ostriches [which scream dismally].
I am a brother to jackals [which howl], and a companion to ostriches [which scream dismally].
I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
I have become a brother to jackals and a companion of ostriches.
I have become a brother to jackals, a companion to young ostriches.
I have become a brother to jackals and a companion of ostriches.
making mournful sounds like jackals and owls.
I am become a brother to jackals, and a companion of ostriches.
I was the brother of dragons, and companion of ostriches.
making sad sounds like the wild dogs, like the ostriches in the desert.
I have become like the jackals and the ostriches. My sad voice sounds like them.
I have become a brother to jackals, a companion for screeching ostriches.
I am a brother of jackals and a companion of ostriches.
I am a brother of jackals and a companion of ostriches.
I have become a brother to ·wild dogs [jackals] and a friend to ·ostriches [or eagle owls; C animals that live in the desolate wilderness].
I am a brother to the Dragons, and a companion to the Ostriches.
I’m a brother to jackals and a companion of ostriches.
My voice is as sad and lonely as the cries of a jackal or an ostrich.
I have become a brother to jackals and a companion of ostriches.
It is as if I have become a brother to wild dogs and a friend to ostriches.
I’ve become a brother to jackals, and a friend to ostriches.
I have become a brother to dragons and a companion to owls.
I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
I have become a brother to jackals And a companion of ostriches.
I am a companion for the jackals and a companion for ostriches.
I am black but not from sunburn. I stand up and cry to the assembly for help. But I might as well save my breath, for I am considered a brother to jackals and a companion to ostriches.
“What did I do to deserve this? Did I ever hit anyone who was calling for help? Haven’t I wept for those who live a hard life, been heartsick over the lot of the poor? But where did it get me? I expected good but evil showed up. I looked for light but darkness fell. My stomach’s in a constant churning, never settles down. Each day confronts me with more suffering. I walk under a black cloud. The sun is gone. I stand in the congregation and protest. I howl with the jackals, I hoot with the owls. I’m black-and-blue all over, burning up with fever. My fiddle plays nothing but the blues; my mouth harp wails laments.”
I am a brother of jackals and a companion of owls.
I’m a brother to jackals and a companion of ostriches.
I have become a brother to jackals, a companion to ostriches.
I have become a brother to jackals, And a companion of ostriches.
“I have become a brother to jackals And a companion of ostriches.
I have become a brother to the jackal and a companion to the ostrich.
I have become a brother to wild dogs and a friend to ostriches.
I have become a brother to jackals and a companion of ostriches.
I’ve become a brother to wild dogs. Owls are my companions.
I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of owls.
I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of owls.
I am a brother of jackals, And a companion of ostriches.
I have become a brother to wild dogs, and a friend of ostriches.
Instead, I am considered a brother to jackals and a companion to owls.
I am a brother of jackals, and a companion of ostriches.
I am a brother of jackals, and a companion of ostriches.
I am a brother of jackals, and a companion of ostriches.
I am a brother of jackals and a companion of ostriches.
I am an ach to jackals, and a re’a to owls.
I am a brother of jackals, and a companion of ostriches.
I am a brother of jackals, and a companion of ostriches.
I have become a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.
But who will come now that I am roaming the wilderness? I am a brother to jackals, a friend of ostriches.
I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.
I was the brother of dragons, and the fellow of ostriches.
A brother I have been to dragons, And a companion to daughters of the ostrich.
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