WHY NOT SHOW SOME PITY FOR MY CHILD?

Anonymous (Medieval)

Translated by Paul Muildoon

Why not show some pity for my child? At least show pity for me at my time of loss; either take down my precious child or nail me up there with him on the cross.

Nothing would cause me greater woe than to live on in sorrow and despair; since it is love that binds us in our throes

why not let us leave this world as a pair?