1-11 In those days, in the days when heaven and earth were created; in those nights, in the nights when heaven and earth were created; in those years, in the years when the destinies were determined; when the angels were created, the first creatures had to carry out the toil and to dig the canals and pile up the silt in Harali. As they dredged the clay, they began complaining about this life.

12-23 At that time God, the One of great wisdom, the Creator of all, in the deep waters, the place the inside of which no other knows, heard the lament. The angels said, weeping: "This toil is the cause of the lamenting!" And a plea was brought before Him: "Your creatures are smashing their baskets. Apply the skill deriving from Your wisdom and create a substitute for them, so that they can be freed from their toil!"

24-37 At the word of the plea, God turned His attention to it. The wise and intelligent One, the prudent, the Fashioner of the design of everything brought to life, said to the angels: "The creature I have planned will come into existence. Impose on him the work of carrying baskets. I will knead clay from the top of the deep; the angels will nip off the clay and I shall bring the form into existence. Let the angels stand by as I give life. After I have decreed his fate, let him carry the work of baskets."

44-51 God brought joy to their hearts. A feast was set for the angels and the righteous. All of them ate delicate reed and bread. All the angels praised Him: "O Lord of wide understanding, who is as wise as You? O great Lord, who can equal Your actions? It is You who decree destinies."

52-55 God said: "The body of man can be either good or bad, and I decree his fate, good or bad, according to My will."

56-61 God took clay from the top of the deep in His hand and fashioned from it first a man who could not bend his outstretched weak hands. God looked at the man who could not bend his outstretched weak hands, and decreed his fate: He appointed him as a servant of the king.

62-65 Second, He fashioned one who turned back the light, a man with constantly opened eyes. God looked at the one who turned back the light, and decreed his fate, allotting to him the musical arts, making him the chief among singers in the king's presence.

66-68 Third, He fashioned one with both feet broken, one with paralysed feet. God looked at the one with both feet broken, and appointed him to the work of the silversmith.

69-71 Fourth, He fashioned one who could not hold back his urine. God looked at the one who could not hold back his urine and bathed him in pure water and drove the affliction out from his body.

72-74 Fifth, He fashioned a woman who could not give birth. God looked at the woman who could not give birth, and decreed her fate: He made her belong to the queen's household, as a weaver.

75-78 Sixth, He fashioned one with neither penis nor vagina on its body. God looked at the one with neither penis nor vagina on its body and decreed as its fate to stand before the king.

79-82 God said: "I have decreed the fates of My creatures and given them their daily bread. Come, now I will fashion another, and I will decree the fate of the newborn one."

83-91 God devised a shape with head and mouth in its middle. This was Umul: its head was afflicted, its eyes were afflicted, its neck was afflicted. It could hardly breathe, its ribs were shaky, its lungs were afflicted, its heart was afflicted, its bowels were afflicted. With its hand and its lolling head it could not put bread into its mouth; its spine and head were dislocated. The weak hips and the shaky feet could not carry it on the field.

102-111 God said: "I decreed a fate for the first man with the weak hands, I gave him bread. I decreed a fate for the man who turned back the light, I gave him bread. I decreed a fate for the man with broken, paralysed feet, I gave him bread. I decreed a fate for the man who could not hold back his urine, I gave him bread. I decreed a fate for the woman who could not give birth, I gave her bread. I decreed the fate for the one with neither penis nor vagina on its body, I gave it bread."

140-141 O Lord, Your praise is sweet!