Card 07

The Snake

Le Serpent

Original French

[Première ligne endommagée] Un serpent [mot incertain]. Car au soir comme au matin, Il t’annonce du chagrin.

English

A serpent [uncertain wording]; for in the evening as in the morning, it announces sorrow to you.

The reading carried by the verse

The snake carries sorrow through both night and morning: a difficulty that does not vanish with a change of hour.

What difficulty has followed you from morning into evening?

Translator's note: The first two lines are too damaged to reconstruct responsibly. The surviving final couplet is clear.