How lonely sits the city, that once was full of people.
A bride who’s now a widow, a princess now a vassal.
Deserted by her lovers, at night her tears are bitter.
Her friends became betrayers.
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In exile, she’s forsaken. Pursued and overtaken.
There’s no one on the roads and the fairgrounds are abandoned.
The priests are going hungry, the brides get no proposals.
There’s nothing to rejoice for.
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The Lord has made her suffer, and enemies now prosper.
So large was the transgression, she lost a generation.
With majesty departed, she drags on, brokenhearted.
Her princes now are friendless.
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Image: Peter Herrmann on Unsplash
Source: Lamentations 1:1-6
Text: David Alexander, 2022, CC BY-SA NC 4.0
Tune: O Lamm Gottes, Public Domain
Score: https://www.smallchurchmusic.com/2014/Score/OLambOfGod-OLammGottes.pdf
Audio:www.smallchurchmusic.com Used by Permission
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