يَا لَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ الْقَاضِيَةَ
O wäre dies doch nur das Ende (meines Lebens)!
O wäre dies nur das Ende!
I wish death had put an end to me.
"Oh, would that death had been (and nothing thereafter had followed).
`Would that it (- the death) had made an end of me!
Oh, would that this [death of mine] had been the end of me!
Oh, would that it had been the ending!
“Alas, if only it had been just death.”
"O would that it (death) had made an end of me:
Oh,. if only it was the end/death.
Would that my death had ended all!
My authority has gone from me.
Would that death had taken us away for good.
Oh, would that it had been death!
O would that it had made an end (of me):
"I wish, would that it had been my end (death)!
"Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me!