12:2 before the sun and the light 1 of the moon and the stars grow dark,
and the clouds disappear 2 after the rain;
12:3 when those who keep watch over the house 3 begin to tremble, 4
and the virile men begin to stoop over, 5
and the grinders 6 begin to cease because they grow few,
and those who look through the windows grow dim, 7
12:4 and the doors along the street are shut;
when the sound of the grinding mill 8 grows low,
and one is awakened 9 by the sound of a bird,
and all their 10 songs 11 grow faint, 12
12:5 and they are afraid of heights and the dangers 13 in the street;
the almond blossoms 14 grow white, 15
and the grasshopper 16 drags itself along, 17
and the caper berry 18 shrivels up 19 –
because man goes to his eternal home, 20
and the mourners go about in the streets –