6 That night—may thick darkness seize it;

may it not be included among the days of the year

nor be entered in any of the months.

7 May that night be barren;

may no shout of joy be heard in it.

8 May those who curse days curse that day,

those who are ready to rouse Leviathan.

9 May its morning stars become dark;

may it wait for daylight in vain

and not see the first rays of dawn,

10 for it did not shut the doors of the womb on me

to hide trouble from my eyes.

6 As for that night, let darkness seize upon it;

Let it not be joined unto the days of the year,

Let it not come into the number of the months.

7 Lo, let that night be solitary,

Let no joyful voice come therein.

8 Let them curse it that curse the day,

Who are ready to raise up their mourning.

9 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark;

Let it look for light, but have none;

Neither let it see the dawning of the day:

10 Because it shut not up the doors of my mother’s womb,

Nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.

6 Let that night be blotted off the calendar,

never again to be counted among the days of the year,

never again to appear among the months.

7 Let that night be childless.

Let it have no joy.

8 Let those who are experts at cursing—

whose cursing could rouse Leviathan—

curse that day.

9 Let its morning stars remain dark.

Let it hope for light, but in vain;

may it never see the morning light.

10 Curse that day for failing to shut my mother’s womb,

for letting me be born to see all this trouble.

6 As for that night, may darkness seize it;

May it not rejoice among the days of the year,

May it not come into the number of the months.

7 Oh, may that night be barren!

May no joyful shout come into it!

8 May those curse it who curse the day,

Those who are ready to arouse Leviathan.

9 May the stars of its morning be dark;

May it look for light, but have none,

And not see the dawning of the day;

10 Because it did not shut up the doors of my mother’s womb,

Nor hide sorrow from my eyes.

6 Let thick darkness capture that night.

Don’t count it among the days of the year

or put it in any of the months.

7 Let that night be empty,

with no shout of joy to be heard.

8 Let those who curse days curse that day.

Let them prepare to wake up the sea monster Leviathan.

9 Let that day’s morning stars never appear;

let it wait for daylight that never comes.

Don’t let it see the first light of dawn,

10 because it allowed me to be born

and did not hide trouble from my eyes.

6 As for that night, let thick darkness seize upon it:

Let it not rejoice among the days of the year;

Let it not come into the number of the months.

7 Lo, let that night be barren;

Let no joyful voice come therein.

8 Let them curse it that curse the day,

Who are ready to rouse up leviathan.

9 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark:

Let it look for light, but have none;

Neither let it behold the eyelids of the morning:

10 Because it shut not up the doors of my mother’s womb,

Nor hid trouble from mine eyes.

6 That night—let gloom seize upon it; let it not rejoice among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months. 7 Behold, let that night be barren; let no joyful sound come therein; 8 Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to rouse Leviathan; 9 Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it wait for light, and have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the dawn: 10 Because it shut not up the doors of the womb that bore me, and hid not trouble from mine eyes.

6 “That night— 

let the blackness take it away. 

Let it not be included in the days of the year 

or be numbered among the months. 

7 Let that night be empty. 

Let no joyful singing be heard in it. 

8 Let those who curse the day

(those who know how to wake up Leviathan) 

curse that night. 

9 Let its stars turn dark before dawn. 

Let it hope for light and receive none. 

Let it not see the first light of dawn 

10 because it did not shut the doors of the womb ⸤from which I came⸥ 

or hide my eyes from trouble. 

6 If only darkness had taken that night away!

May it not appear among the days of the year

or be listed in the calendar.

7 Yes, may that night be barren;

may no joyful shout be heard in it.

8 Let those who curse certain days

cast a spell on it,

those who are skilled in rousing Leviathan.

9 May its morning stars grow dark.

May it wait for daylight but have none;

may it not see the breaking of dawn.

10 For that night did not shut

the doors of my mother’s womb,

and hide sorrow from my eyes.

6 That night—let thick darkness seize it!

let it not rejoice among the days of the year;

let it not come into the number of the months.

7 Yes, let that night be barren;

let no joyful cry be heard in it.

8 Let those curse it who curse the Sea,

those who are skilled to rouse up Leviathan.

9 Let the stars of its dawn be dark;

let it hope for light, but have none;

may it not see the eyelids of the morning—

10 because it did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb,

and hide trouble from my eyes.

6 Let darkness seize that night;

let it not rejoice among the days of the year;

let it not enter among the number of the months.

7 Look, let that night become barren;

let a joyful song not enter it.

8 Let those who curse the day curse it,

those who are skilled at rousing Leviathan.

9 Let the stars of its dawn be dark;

let it hope for light but there be none,

and let it not see the eyelids of dawn

10 because it did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb,

nor did it hide trouble from my eyes.

6 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.

7 May no children ever have been born on that night.

May no shout of joy be heard in it.

8 May people call down a curse on that day.

May those who are ready to wake up the sea monster Leviathan curse that day.

9 May its morning stars become dark.

May it lose all hope of ever seeing daylight.

May it not see the first light of the morning sun.

10 It didn’t keep my mother from letting me be born.

It didn’t keep my eyes from seeing trouble.

6 “As for that night, let darkness seize it;

Let it not rejoice among the days of the year;

Let it not come into the number of the months.

7 “Behold, let that night be barren;

Let no joyful shout enter it.

8 “Let those curse it who curse the day,

Who are prepared to rouse Leviathan.

9 “Let the stars of its twilight be darkened;

Let it wait for light but have none,

And let it not see the breaking dawn;

10 Because it did not shut the opening of my mother’s womb,

Or hide trouble from my eyes.