(Nearer to Thee and nearer!
It is coming closer to you and closer.
Woe to you and woe to you.
This is the most befitting for you - now this is the most befitting.
(Nearer to Thee and nearer!
Woe to you and woe to you.
Woe to you and woe to you.
You have deserved this.
Alas the woe for you, alas!
Woe to you, and woe!
nearer unto thee, and nearer –
Nearer unto thee and nearer,
This (attitude) is worthy of you, altogether worthy;
So now, it serves you right!
Shame to such a man who deserves what he is going to receive.
Woe to you ! And then (again) woe to you!
Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
Woe to you, and more woe!
(It will be said to such a man,) Woe to you, then woe to you!
Closer and closer it comes to you.
Nearer to thee and nearer
woe to thee, and woe to thee!
Nearer unto you and nearer (comes the doom),
(It is) more appropriate to you, then more appropriate! (i. e., punishment).
Wherefore, woe be unto thee; woe!
Suffering and sorrow to you (woe unto you, O man!), and a great suffering to you!
Woe be to you! then woe upon woe (in this very life).
So woe to you! Woe to you!