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Because of that vision, I am very upset. Bad pains attack me, like the pains of a woman who is giving birth. My body hurts because of the things that I have heard. I am afraid to look! It confuses my mind. I shake with fear. I wanted a quiet evening, but instead there is terror.

Look! They are preparing a feast. They put down carpets for people to sit on. They are eating and they are drinking. Officers, stand up! Make your shields ready for battle!

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At this my body is racked with pain,(A)
    pangs seize me, like those of a woman in labor;(B)
I am staggered by what I hear,
    I am bewildered(C) by what I see.
My heart(D) falters,
    fear makes me tremble;(E)
the twilight I longed for
    has become a horror(F) to me.

They set the tables,
    they spread the rugs,
    they eat, they drink!(G)
Get up, you officers,
    oil the shields!(H)

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