Translation
for it comes in a vapor,
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with darkness
its name is covered.
Paraphrase
its existence has been short and since all of its life has been in the womb,
it has experienced or learned very little and we don’t know much about it before it’s gone; we don’t even know its name.
Footnotes
1
Here the qualities of a vapor that are being focused on are S: Short-lived, brief, also the A: Accomplishes nothing, and S: not Solid, but transitory.
2
Light had to do with knowledge; darkness had to do with mystery and a lack of knowledge. This lack of knowledge can go both directions; it did not get a chance to learn about the outside world and we did not get a chance to get to know this child.