Aliwekwa katika shimo ardhini, hamsini futi.

Alikuwa yamefunikwa na giza

Kama makuti tu kuruhusiwa mihimili chache ya mwanga kubariki nafsi yake mnyonge.

Kwa muda wa wiki tatu

Alikaa katika uchafu,

Kula wadudu kujaribu kuendeleza lishe yake

Kwa muda wa wiki tatu

Mpaka njaa yake zinazotumiwa yake.

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He was placed in a hole in the earth, fifty feet deep.

He was shrouded by darkness

As the palm leaves only allowed a few beams of light to bless his wretched soul.

For three weeks

He remained in the dirt,

Eating grubs to try to sustain his nutrition

For three weeks

Until his hunger consumed him.