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Ha'k!un dAñ gudA'ns k!iên gu gAm qe'id LAk!ala ?a dî
Like that | you | thought | although | ? | not | tree | shelter of | in
dAñ q!a'odañ-ûdja.
you | seated me?
If you thought so (i. e., if you chose to die), why did you not seat me in the shelter of a tree? 1
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59:1 The last part of this is metaphorical. It means, "Why did you die so suddenly?"