Lamentations 5 (Eichah) in Hebrew and English

5:1Remember, O Hashem, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.

אזְכֹ֤ר יְהוָה֙ מֶֽה־הָ֣יָה לָ֔נוּ הַבִּ֖יטָה (כתיב הביט) וּרְאֵ֥ה אֶת־חֶרְפָּתֵֽנוּ׃

5:2Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.

בנַחֲלָתֵ֨נוּ֙ נֶֽהֶפְכָ֣ה לְזָרִ֔ים בָּתֵּ֖ינוּ לְנָכְרִֽים׃

5:3We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.

גיְתוֹמִ֤ים הָיִ֨ינוּ֙ וְאֵ֣ין (כתיב אין) אָ֔ב אִמֹּתֵ֖ינוּ כְּאַלְמָנֽוֹת׃

5:4We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.

דמֵימֵ֨ינוּ֙ בְּכֶ֣סֶף שָׁתִ֔ינוּ עֵצֵ֖ינוּ בִּמְחִ֥יר יָבֹֽאוּ׃

5:5Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.

העַ֤ל צַוָּארֵ֨נוּ֙ נִרְדָּ֔פְנוּ יָגַ֖עְנוּ וְלֹ֥א (כתיב לא) הֽוּנַ֖ח לָֽנוּ׃

5:6We have given the hand to Mitzrayim (the Egyptians), and to Ashur (the Assyrians), to be satisfied with bread.

ומִצְרַ֨יִם֙ נָתַ֣נּוּ יָ֔ד אַשּׁ֖וּר לִשְׂבֹּ֥עַֽ לָֽחֶם׃

5:7Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.

זאֲבֹתֵ֤ינוּ חָֽטְאוּ֙ וְאֵינָ֔ם (כתיב אינם) וַאֲנַ֖חְנוּ (כתיב אנחנו) עֲוֺנֹתֵיהֶ֥ם סָבָֽלְנוּ׃

5:8Servants have ruled over us: there is none that does deliver us out of their hand.

חעֲבָדִים֙ מָ֣שְׁלוּ בָ֔נוּ פֹּרֵ֖ק אֵ֥ין מִיָּדָֽם׃

5:9We got our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.

טבְּנַפְשֵׁ֨נוּ֙ נָבִ֣יא לַחְמֵ֔נוּ מִפְּנֵ֖י חֶ֥רֶב הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃

5:10Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.

יעוֹרֵ֨נוּ֙ כְּתַנּ֣וּר נִכְמָ֔רוּ מִפְּנֵ֖י זַלְעֲפ֥וֹת רָעָֽב׃

5:11They ravished the women in Tziyon (Zion), and the maids in the cities of Yehudah (Judah).

יאנָשִׁים֙ בְּצִיּ֣וֹן עִנּ֔וּ בְּתֻלֹ֖ת בְּעָרֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה׃

5:12Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.

יבשָׂרִים֙ בְּיָדָ֣ם נִתְל֔וּ פְּנֵ֥י זְקֵנִ֖ים לֹ֥א נֶהְדָּֽרוּ׃

5:13They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.

יגבַּחוּרִים֙ טְח֣וֹן נָשָׂ֔אוּ וּנְעָרִ֖ים בָּעֵ֥ץ כָּשָֽׁלוּ׃

5:14The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.

ידזְקֵנִים֙ מִשַּׁ֣עַר שָׁבָ֔תוּ בַּחוּרִ֖ים מִנְּגִינָתָֽם׃

5:15The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

טושָׁבַת֙ מְשׂ֣וֹשׂ לִבֵּ֔נוּ נֶהְפַּ֥ךְ לְאֵ֖בֶל מְחֹלֵֽנוּ׃

5:16The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!

טזנָֽפְלָה֙ עֲטֶ֣רֶת רֹאשֵׁ֔נוּ אֽוֹי־נָ֥א לָ֖נוּ כִּ֥י חָטָֽאנוּ׃

5:17For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.

יזעַל־זֶ֗ה הָיָ֤ה דָוֶה֙ לִבֵּ֔נוּ עַל־אֵ֖לֶּה חָשְׁכ֥וּ עֵינֵֽינוּ׃

5:18Because of the mountain of Tziyon, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.

יחעַ֤ל הַר־צִיּוֹן֙ שֶׁשָּׁמֵ֔ם שׁוּעָלִ֖ים הִלְּכוּ־בֽוֹ׃

5:19You, O Hashem, remain for ever; Your throne from generation to generation.

יטאַתָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ לְעוֹלָ֣ם תֵּשֵׁ֔ב כִּסְאֲךָ֖ לְדֹ֥ר וָדֽוֹר׃

5:20Wherefore do You forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?

כלָ֤מָּה לָנֶ֨צַח֙ תִּשְׁכָּחֵ֔נוּ תַּֽעַזְבֵ֖נוּ לְאֹ֥רֶךְ יָמִֽים׃

5:21Turn You us unto You, O Hashem, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

כאהֲשִׁיבֵ֨נוּ יְהוָ֤ה ׀ אֵלֶ֨יךָ֙ וְֽנָשׁ֔וּבָה (כתיב ונשוב) חַדֵּ֥שׁ יָמֵ֖ינוּ כְּקֶֽדֶם׃

5:22But You have utterly rejected us; You are very angry against us.

כבכִּ֚י אִם־מָאֹ֣ס מְאַסְתָּ֔נוּ קָצַ֥פְתָּ עָלֵ֖ינוּ עַד־מְאֹֽד׃