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Somos como los esclavos: sólo queremos descansar;
parecemos asalariados: sólo queremos que nos paguen.
Pero en mi caso, ¿qué me ha tocado?
¡Meses de sufrimiento y noches de miseria!
Me acuesto y me pregunto si volveré a levantarme;
se me hacen largas las noches, esperando el nuevo día.

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Like a slave longing for the evening shadows,(A)
    or a hired laborer waiting to be paid,(B)
so I have been allotted months of futility,
    and nights of misery have been assigned to me.(C)
When I lie down I think, ‘How long before I get up?’(D)
    The night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.(E)

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As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:

So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

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