Ostrich

…the ostrich, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,

…the ostrich, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,

The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but cannot match the pinions and feathers of the stork.

Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young, but the daughter of my people has become cruel, like an ostrich in the wilderness.

Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich.