<p class="lamhebrew">&#1506; (<i>Ayini>)p> <p class="poetry">Tears flow from my eyes<n id="1" /> and will not stop;p> <p class="poetry">there will be no break<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">What my eyes see<n id="1" /> grieves me<n id="2" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">all the suffering of the daughters in my city.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Streams<n id="1" /> of tears flow from my eyes<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">because my people<n id="3" /> are destroyed.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Because of this, our hearts are sick;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">because of these things, we can hardly see<n id="2" /> through our tears.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1506; (<i>Ayini>)p> <p class="poetry">I weep because of these things;p> <p class="poetry">my eyes<n id="1" /> flow with tears.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">For there is no one in sight who can comfort me<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">or encourage me.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">My children<n id="5" /> are desolated<n id="6" />p> <p class="poetry">because an enemy has prevailed.p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1491; (<i>Daleti>)p> <p class="poetry">He prepared his bow<n id="1" /> like an enemy;p> <p class="poetry">his right hand was ready to shoot.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Like a foe he killed everyone,p> <p class="poetry">even our strong young men;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">he has poured out his anger like firep> <p class="poetry">on the tent<n id="4" /> of Daughter Zion.p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1499; (<i>Kafi>)p> <p class="poetry">My eyes are worn out<n id="1" /> from weeping;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">my stomach is in knots.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">My heart<n id="4" /> is poured out on the groundp> <p class="poetry">due to the destruction<n id="5" /> of my helpless people;<n id="6" />p> <p class="poetry">children and infants faintp> <p class="poetry">in the town squares.p>

<t /><p class="lamhebrew">&#1506; (<i>Ayini>)p> <p class="poetry">Our eyes continually failed usp> <p class="poetry">as we looked in vain for help.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">From our watchtowers we watchedp> <p class="poetry">for a nation that could not rescue us.p>

<p class="lamhebrew"><b>&#1510;b> (<i>Tsadei>)p> <p class="poetry">Cry out<n id="1" /> from your heart<n id="2" /> to the Lord,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">O wall of Daughter Zion!<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Make your tears flow like a riverp> <p class="poetry">all day and all night long!<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">Do not rest;p> <p class="poetry">do not let your tears<n id="6" /> stop!p>