Reading of Eicha (Lamentations)

אֵיכָה יָשְׁבָה בָדָד הָעִיר רַבָּתִי עָם הָיְתָה כְּאַלְמָנָה רַּבָּתִי בַגּוֹיִם שָׂרָתִי בַּמְּדִינוֹת הָיְתָה לָמַס׃

AY-kha yosh-VAH va-DAHD ha-EER ra-BA-tee AM ha-Y’-TAH k’-al-MA-na ra-BA-tee va-go-YEEM sa-RA-tee ba-m’-dee-NOT ha-Y’-TAH la-MAS

Alas! Lonely sits the city Once great with people! She that was great among nations Is become like a widow; The princess among states Is become a thrall.

אֵיכָה יָעִיב בְּאַפּוֹ אֲדֹנָי אֶת־בַּת־צִיּוֹן הִשְׁלִיךְ מִשָּׁמַיִם אֶרֶץ תִּפְאֶרֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל וְלֹא־זָכַר הֲדֹם־רַגְלָיו בְּיוֹם אַפּוֹ׃

ay-KHAH ya-EEV b’-a-PO a-do-NAI et bat tzi-YON hish-LEEKH mi-sha-MA-yim E-retz tif-E-ret yis-ra-AYL v’-LO za-KHAR ha-DOM rag-LAV b’-YOM a-PO

Alas! Hashem in His wrath Has shamed Fair Tzion, Has cast down from heaven to earth The majesty of Yisrael. He did not remember His Footstool On His day of wrath.

אֲנִי הַגֶּבֶר רָאָה עֳנִי בְּשֵׁבֶט עֶבְרָתוֹ׃

a-NEE ha-GE-ver ra-AH o-NEE b’-she-VET ev-RA-to. (S)

I am the man who has known affliction Under the rod of His wrath;

אֵיכָה יוּעַם זָהָב יִשְׁנֶא הַכֶּתֶם הַטּוֹב תִּשְׁתַּפֵּכְנָה אַבְנֵי־קֹדֶשׁ בְּרֹאשׁ כָּל־חוּצוֹת׃

AY-khah yu-AM za-HAV yish-NEH ha-KE-tem ha-TOV tish-ta-PEKH-na av-NEI ko-DAYSH b’-ROSH kol-KHU-tzot. (S)

Alas! The gold is dulled, Debased the finest gold! The sacred gems are spilled At every street corner.

זְכֹר יְהֹוָה מֶה־הָיָה לָנוּ הביט [הַבִּיטָה] וּרְאֵה אֶת־חֶרְפָּתֵנוּ׃

Z’-KOR a-do-NAI meh ha-YAH LA-nu (ha-BEET) [ha-bee-TAH] u-r’-EH et-kher-pa-TE-nu

Remember, Hashem, what has befallen us; Behold, and see our disgrace!