<p class="lamhebrew">&#1511; (<i>Qofi>)p> <p class="poetry">I called for my lovers,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but they had deceived me.p> <p class="poetry">My priests and my eldersp> <p class="poetry">perished in the city.p> <p class="poetry">Truly they had<n id="2" /> searched for foodp> <p class="poetry">to<n id="3" /> keep themselves<n id="4" /> alive.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1500; (<i>Lamedi>)p> <p class="poetry">Children<n id="1" /> say to their mothers,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Where are food and drink?&#8221;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">They faint<n id="4" /> like a wounded warriorp> <p class="poetry">in the city squares.p> <p class="poetry">They die slowly<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">in their mothers&#8217; arms.<n id="6" />p>