1 A nd thou, lift up a lamentation unto princes of Israel,

وَقالَ لِيَ اللهُ: «أمّا أنتَ، فَأنشِدْ نَشِيدَ حُزنٍ عَلَى قادَةِ إسْرائِيلَ وَقُلْ:

2 a nd thou hast said: What thy mother? -- a lioness, Among lions she hath crouched down, In the midst of young lions she hath multiplied her whelps.

«‹أُمُّكِ لَبْوَةٌ تَربِضُ بَينَ الأُسُودِ، وَتُرَبِّي جِراءَها مَعَ الأشبالِ.

3 A nd she bringeth up one of her whelps, A young lion it hath been, And it learneth to tear prey, man it hath devoured.

رَبَّتْ شِبلاً لِيَصِيرَ أسَداً قَوِيّاً. تَعَلَّمَ الِافتِراسَ، وَأكلَ النّاسَ.

4 A nd hear of it do nations, In their pit it hath been caught, And they bring it in with chains unto the land of Egypt.

«‹سَمِعَتهُ الأُمَمُ يُزَمجِرُ، فَأمسَكُوهُ بِفَخِّهِمْ. وَضَعُوا كَلالِيبَ فِي فَمِهِ، وَاقتادُوهُ إلَى مِصْرَ.

5 A nd she seeth, that stayed -- perished hath her hope, And she taketh one of her whelps, A young lion she hath made it.

فَلَمّا فَقَدَتْ كُلَّ رَجاءٍ فِي عَودَتِهِ. اختارَتْ واحِداً آخَرَ مِنْ جِرائِها وَجَعَلَتهُ أسَداً قَوِيّاً.

6 A nd it goeth up and down in the midst of lions, A young lion it hath been, And it learneth to tear prey, man it hath devoured.

فَبَدَأ يَتَباهَى وَسَطَ الأُسُودِ، وَصارَ قَوِيّاً بَيْنَها. وَتَعَلَّمَ الِافتِراسَ، وَأكَلَ النّاسَ.

7 A nd it knoweth his forsaken habitations, And their cities it hath laid waste, And desolate is the land and its fulness, Because of the voice of his roaring.

هاجَمَ حُصُونَهُمْ، وَدَمَّرَ مُدُنَهُمْ. فَاندَهَشَ كُلُّ سُكّانِ الأرْضِ مِنْ صَوتِ زَمجَرَتِهِ.

8 A nd set against it do nations Round about from the provinces. And they spread out for it their net, In their pit it hath been caught.

حِينَئِذٍ، هاجَمَتهُ الشُّعُوبُ المُجاوِرَةُ، وَألقَوْا شَبَكَتَهُمْ عَلَيهِ، فَوَقَعَ فِي فَخِّهِمْ.

9 A nd they put it in prison -- in chains, And they bring it unto the king of Babylon, They bring it in unto bulwarks, So that its voice is not heard any more On mountains of Israel.

وَضَعُوا كلالِيبَ فِي فَمِهِ، وَوَضَعُوهُ فِي قَفَصٍ، وَاقتادُوهُ إلَى مَلِكِ بابِلَ، ثُمَّ ألقَوْهُ فِي الزِّنزانَةِ، كَي لا يَعُودَ صَوتُهُ يُسمَعُ عَلَى جِبالِ إسْرائِيلَ.» رَمزُ الكَرمَة

10 T hy mother as a vine in thy blood by waters planted, Fruitful and full of boughs it hath been, Because of many waters.

«‹أُمُّكَ كَكَرمَةٍ مَلِيئَةٍ بِالثِّمارِ لأنَّها مَزرُوعَةٌ قُربَ قَنَواتِ الرَّيِّ. إنَّها مُثمِرَةٌ وَمُغَطّاةٌ بِأوراقٍ كَثِيرَةٍ بِسَبَبِ كَثرَةِ المِياهِ.

11 A nd it hath strong rods for sceptres of rulers, And high is its stature above thick branches, And it appeareth in its height In the multitude of its thin shoots.

صارَتْ فُرُوعُها صُولَجاناتٍ للِحُكّامِ. وَارتَفَعَ أحَدُ فُرُوعِها حَتَّى وَسَطِ السَّحابِ، وَنَمَتْ أغصانُها الصَّغِيرَةُ بِشَكلٍ كامِلٍ.

12 A nd it is plucked up in fury, To the earth it hath been cast, And the east wind hath dried up its fruit, Broken and withered hath been the rod of its strength, Fire hath consumed it.

وَلَكِنَّها اقتُلِعَتْ بِغَضَبٍ وَأُلقِيَتْ عَلَى الأرْضِ، وَجَفَّفَتِ الرِّيحُ الشَّرقِيَّةُ ثِمارَها، وَسَقَطَتْ أغصانُها مِنَ الشَّجَرَةِ فَيَبِسَتْ. أمّا أغْصانُها القَوِيَّةُ فَقَدِ احتَرَقَتْ بِالنّارِ.

13 A nd now -- it is planted in a wilderness, In a land dry and thirsty.

«‹وَالآنَ هِيَ مَزرُوعَةٌ فِي الصَّحراءِ، فِي أرْضٍ يابِسَةٍ وَعَطشانَةٍ.

14 A nd go forth doth fire from a rod of its boughs, Its fruit it hath devoured, And it hath no rod of strength -- a sceptre to rule, Lamentation it -- and it is for a lamentation!'

امتَدَّتِ النّارُ مِنْ أغْصانِها وَالتَهَمَتْ ثَمَرَها، وَلَمْ يَعُدْ هُناكَ فِرعٌ قَوِيٌّ يَصلُحُ صُولَجاناً لِحاكِمٍ.›» هَذِهِ قَصِيدَةُ رِثاءٍ حَزِينَةٌ.