² In those days, I, Daniel, I myself^[a] was in mourning for three whole weeks.^{[b] 3} I had not eaten any choice food, and meat and wine did not enter my mouth, and I did not use any ointment^[c] until the end of three whole weeks.^{[d] 4} And then on the twenty-fourth day of the first month, I myself^[e] was on the bank of the great river; that is, the Tigris.