Translations
Louis Segond 1910
Je dis: Oh! si j'avais les ailes de la colombe, Je m'envolerais, et je trouverais le repos;
KJV
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! [for then] would I fly away, and be at rest.
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! [for then] would I fly away, and be at rest.
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