विलाप 1:7
यरूशलेमले आफ्नो घर गुमाएको अनि चोट पाएको, अतीतमा उसित राम्रा-राम्रा चीचहररू भएको, सम्झन्छे। उसका मानिसहरूलाई शत्रुहरूले बन्दी बनाएको र आफूलाई मद्दत गर्ने कोही नभएको अवस्था सम्झन्छे। जब उसलाई आफ्नो शत्रुहरूले देखे तिनीहरू हाँसे किनभने ऊ ध्वंश भएकी थिई।
| Jerusalem | זָֽכְרָ֣ה | zākĕrâ | za-heh-RA |
| remembered | יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם | yĕrûšālaim | yeh-roo-sha-la-EEM |
| in the days | יְמֵ֤י | yĕmê | yeh-MAY |
| affliction her of | עָנְיָהּ֙ | ʿonyāh | one-YA |
| and of her miseries | וּמְרוּדֶ֔יהָ | ûmĕrûdêhā | oo-meh-roo-DAY-ha |
| all | כֹּ֚ל | kōl | kole |
| her pleasant things | מַחֲמֻדֶ֔יהָ | maḥămudêhā | ma-huh-moo-DAY-ha |
| that | אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾăšer | uh-SHER |
| she had | הָי֖וּ | hāyû | ha-YOO |
| days the in | מִ֣ימֵי | mîmê | MEE-may |
| of old, | קֶ֑דֶם | qedem | KEH-dem |
| people her when | בִּנְפֹ֧ל | binpōl | been-FOLE |
| fell | עַמָּ֣הּ | ʿammāh | ah-MA |
| into the hand | בְּיַד | bĕyad | beh-YAHD |
| enemy, the of | צָ֗ר | ṣār | tsahr |
| and none | וְאֵ֤ין | wĕʾên | veh-ANE |
| help did | עוֹזֵר֙ | ʿôzēr | oh-ZARE |
| her: the adversaries | לָ֔הּ | lāh | la |
| saw | רָא֣וּהָ | rāʾûhā | ra-OO-ha |
| mock did and her, | צָרִ֔ים | ṣārîm | tsa-REEM |
| at | שָׂחֲק֖וּ | śāḥăqû | sa-huh-KOO |
| her sabbaths. | עַ֥ל | ʿal | al |
| מִשְׁבַּתֶּֽהָ׃ | mišbattehā | meesh-ba-TEH-ha |