Lamentaciones 1

¡Cómo ha quedado solitaria la ciudad antes tan populosa! La señora de las naciones ha quedado como viuda desamparada; la soberana de las provincias es ahora tributaria.

¡CÓMO está sentada sola la ciudad populosa! La grande entre las naciones se ha vuelto como viuda, la señora de provincias es hecha tributaria.

How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!

How the city sits solitary, that was full of people! She has become as a widow, who was great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces has become a slave!