"To whom can I speak today? Brothers are evil And the friends of today unlovable."

"Lo, my name reeks Lo, more than carrion smell On summer days of burning sky. [...] Lo, my name reeks Lo, more than th…"

"To whom can I speak today? I am heavy-laden with trouble Through lack of an intimate friend.To whom can I speak today…"

"Death is in my sight today As when a man desires to see home When he has spent many years in captivity."

"What my ba said to me: "Now throw complaint on the [wood-pile], you my comrade, my brother! Whether you offer on the …"

"(As for) that which my ba had said to me: "Give up the complaints about the stalling of this companion, my brother, w…"

"R. O. Faulkner, "The Man Who Was Tired of Life", The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, vol. 42 (1956) pp. 21–40"

"H. Goedicke, The Report about the Dispute of a Man with his Ba (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Press, 1970)"

"V. A. Tobin, in W. K. Simpson (ed.) The Literature of Ancient Egypt: An Anthology of Stories, Instructions, and Poetr…"

"M. Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature, vol. 1: The Old and Middle Kingdoms (U of California P, 1975) pp. 163–169"