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Quran 19:23

Surah Maryam (Mary), verse 23 of 98 · Juz 16

فَأَجَآءَهَا ٱلْمَخَاضُ إِلَىٰ جِذْعِ ٱلنَّخْلَةِ قَالَتْ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى مِتُّ قَبْلَ هَـٰذَا وَكُنتُ نَسْيًا مَّنسِيًّا

Translations of Quran 19:23
EnglishTalal Itani

The labor-pains came upon her, by the trunk of a palm-tree. She said, “I wish I had died before this, and been completely forgotten.”

EnglishPickthall, 1930

And the pangs of childbirth drove her unto the trunk of the palm-tree. She said: Oh, would that I had died ere this and had become a thing of naught, forgotten!

TurkishElmalılı Hamdi Yazır, 1935

Derken ağrı onu bir hurma dalına götürdü, ay dedi: nolaydım bundan evvel öleydim ve unutulmuş gitmiş olaydım

FrenchKazimirski, 1840

Les douleurs de l’enfantement la surprirent auprès d’un tronc de palmier. Plût à Dieu, s’écria-t-elle, que je fusse morte avant, et que je fusse oubliée d’un oubli éternel !

DutchKeyzer, 1860, from Kazimirski's French

En de pijnen der geboorte overvielen haar nabij den stam van een palmboom. Zij zeide: God gave dat ik vóór dit oogenblik ware gestorven; dat ik vergeten en in vergetelheid verloren ware.

ItalianCalza, 1847, from Kazimirski's French

I dolori del parto la colsero presso un albero di palme. Volesse Dio, gridò, che fossi morta prima che fossi dimenticata con un eterno oblio.

Arabic: Tanzil Project. English: Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com. Other translations: public domain editions, listed in Sources.