You said, ‘I will be the mistress forever.’
You did not take these things to heart
or think about their outcome.

“So now hear this, lover of luxury,
who sits securely,(A)
who says to herself,
‘I exist, and there is no one else.
I will never be a widow
or know the loss of children.’(B)
These two things will happen to you
suddenly, in one day:
loss of children and widowhood.
They will happen to you in their entirety,
in spite of your many sorceries(C)
and the potency of your spells.

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