They want, among other consolations,

Sie wollen unter anderm Trost	They want, among other consolations,

Sie wollen unter anderm Trost	They want, among other consolations,
Auch diesen Trost mir bieten,	also this consolation to offer me,
Von Kindern, ihrer Mutter Noth,	from children, their mother's distress,
Die, lebend leidiger als todt,	whose lives were more trouble than the deaths of the others,
Miswuchsen und misriethen.	ill-grown and ill-turned-out.
Die Tröster wissen nicht, wie weh	The consolers know not, what sadness
Sie meinem Herzen thaten.	they inflict on my heart.
Mein frischer Hirsch, mein schlankes Reh!	My little buck, my sleek doe!
Ich denken, daß ihr konntet je	I dare say, that you would have also turned out
Miswachsen und misrathen!	ill-grown and failures.