כ KafAll her people groan
while they search for bread.
They have traded their precious belongings for food
in order to stay alive.
Lord, look and see
how I have become despised.

מ MemHe sent fire from heaven into my bones;
He made it descend.
He spread a net for my feet
and turned me back.
He made me desolate,
sick all day long.

ק QofI called to my lovers,
but they betrayed me.
My priests and elders
perished in the city
while searching for food
to keep themselves alive.

ל LamedThey cry out to their mothers:
Where is the grain and wine?
as they faint like the wounded
in the streets of the city,
as their lives fade away
in the arms of their mothers.

ל LamedCrushing all the prisoners of the land
beneath one’s feet,

My eyes bring me grief
because of the fate of all the women in my city.

י YodThe hands of compassionate women
have cooked their own children;
they became their food
during the destruction of my dear people.

We made a treaty with Egypt
and with Assyria, to get enough food.

We secure our food at the risk of our lives
because of the sword in the wilderness.