“Oh! my brother, the water reaches to my breast,
“Oh! my brother, the water reaches to my breast,
“Still, Oh! my brother, the pitcher will not fill,
“Still, Oh! my brother, the pitcher will not fill.”
The water still rose, and when it reached her neck she wailed as follows;—
“Oh! my brother, the water reaches to my neck,
“Oh! my brother, the water reaches to my neck,
“Still, Oh! my brother, the pitcher will not dip,
“Still, Oh! my brother, the pitcher will not dip.”
At length the water became so deep that she felt herself to be drowning, then she wailed as follows;—