כִּ֡י גַּם֩ לֹֽא־יֵדַ֨ע הָאָדָ֜ם אֶת־עִתּ֗וֹ כַּדָּגִים֙ שֶׁנֶּֽאֱחָזִים֙ בִּמְצוֹדָ֣ה רָעָ֔ה וְכַ֨צִּפֳּרִ֔ים הָאֲחֻז֖וֹת בַּפָּ֑ח כָּהֵ֗ם יֽוּקָשִׁים֙ בְּנֵ֣י הָֽאָדָ֔ם לְעֵ֣ת רָעָ֔ה כְּשֶׁתִּפּ֥וֹל עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם פִּתְאֹֽם׃
Sebab manusia pun tidak mengetahui waktunya; seperti ikan-ikan yang tertangkap dalam jaring yang mencelakakan, dan seperti burung-burung yang terjerat dalam perangkap, demikianlah anak-anak manusia terjerat pada waktu malapetaka, ketika malapetaka itu menimpa mereka dengan tiba-tiba.
Likutei Moharan
But when the singer is wicked, then he takes his song from other birds that are in the qlipah (shells, evil forces). And it is written in the Zohar: "For the birds in the qlipah nurse from the breasts of Malkhut (kingship, see Appendix). And when midnight comes, such a cry goes out: "As the birds that are caught in the snare, so are the sons of men snared" (Eccl. 9:12).