Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith Jehovah.
Þou bareyn, þat childist not, herie; thou þat childist not, synge heriyng, and make ioie; for whi many sones ben of þe forsakun womman more than of hir þat hadde hosebonde, seith þe Lord.