Lamentaciones 4

Nos yeux se consumaient encore, Et nous attendions vainement du secours; Nos regards se portaient avec espérance Vers une nation qui ne nous a pas délivrés.

Aun nos han desfallecido nuestros ojos tras nuestro vano socorro: en nuestra esperanza aguardamos gente que no puede salvar.

As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.

Our eyes still fail, looking in vain for our help. In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.