فَأَجَآءَهَا

ٱلۡمَخَاضُ

إِلَىٰ

جِذۡعِ

ٱلنَّخۡلَةِ

قَالَتۡ

يَٰلَيۡتَنِي

مِتُّ

قَبۡلَ

هَٰذَا

وَكُنتُ

نَسۡيٗا

مَّنسِيّٗا

٢٣

and, when the pains of childbirth drove her to [cling to] the trunk of a palm tree, she exclaimed, ‘I wish I had been dead and forgotten long before all this!’