| Better Unborn (original) | Better Unborn (traducción) |
|---|---|
| Better it would be for me | mejor seria para mi |
| And better it would have been | Y mejor hubiera sido |
| Had I not been born, not grown | Si no hubiera nacido, no crecido |
| Not been brought into the world | No haber sido traído al mundo |
| Not had to come to his earth | No tuvo que venir a su tierra |
| Not been suckled for the world | No ha sido amamantado por nada del mundo |
| If I’d died a three-night-old | Si hubiera muerto a las tres noches de edad |
| Been lost in my swadding band | He estado perdido en mi banda de pañales |
| I’d have needed by a span of cloth | Hubiera necesitado por un tramo de tela |
| A span more of wood, | un palmo más de madera, |
| But a cubit of good earth | Pero un codo de buena tierra |
| Two words from the priest | Dos palabras del sacerdote |
| Three verses from the cantor | Tres versos del cantor |
