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May gloom and total darkness take it back.
    May a cloud settle over it.
    May blackness cover it up.
May deep darkness take over the night I was born.
    May it not be included among the days of the year.
    May it never appear in any of the months.
May no children ever have been born on that night.
    May no shout of joy be heard in it.

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May gloom and utter darkness(A) claim it once more;
    may a cloud settle over it;
    may blackness overwhelm it.
That night—may thick darkness(B) seize it;
    may it not be included among the days of the year
    nor be entered in any of the months.
May that night be barren;
    may no shout of joy(C) be heard in it.

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