1 How lonely sits the city

that was full of people!

How like a widow has she become,

she that was great among the nations!

She that was a princess among the cities

has become a vassal.

2 She weeps bitterly in the night,

tears on her cheeks;

among all her lovers

she has none to comfort her;

all her friends have dealt treacherously with her,

they have become her enemies.