Lamed. Matribus suis dixerunt, a 4
Lectio Secunda. Feria sexta in Passione Domini ad Matutinum [1585a]
Cramer:
PH125
Description
5th. lamentation -Lectio secunda-, 2nd. of Good Friday.
Text
LAmed.
MAtribus suis dixerunt:
vbi est triticum et vinum
cum deficerent quasi vulnerati
in plateis ciuitatis.
MEm.
CUi comparabo te
vel cui assimilabo te
filia hierusalem,
cui exequabo te, et consolabor te
virgo filia syon.
Hjerusalem
COnuertere ad Dominum Deum tuum.
Translation
Lamed.
They called to their mothers:
Where is the corn and the wine?
when they swooned as wounded
in the streets of the city.
Mem.
To what will I compare thee,
to what shall I liken thee,
O daughter of Jerusalem?
To what shall I equal thee, to comfort thee,
O virgin daughter of Zion?
Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
return to the Lord thy God.
(Lm. 2, 12-13)
[Translation: Nancho Álvarez]