Translation:Tisha beav kinot

Kinah 1 - זכור ה' מה היה לנו
Remember, oh Lord, what has befallen us - alas!

Look and see our shame
 * Alas, what has befallen us.

Our heritage has gone over to strangers - alas!

Our homes to foreigners
 * Alas, what has befallen us.

We have become orphans with no father - alas!

Our mothers mourn in the month of Av
 * Alas, what has befallen us.

We weighed out silver for water - alas!

Because we neglected the water libation
 * Alas, what has befallen us.

We were pursued for our lives - alas!

Because we pursued baseless hatred
 * Alas, what has befallen us.

Egypt gave a hand [to destroy us] - alas!

And Assyria lay in wait for us like a hunter
 * Alas, what has befallen us.

Our fathers sinned and are gone - alas!

And we suffer for their sins
 * Alas, what has befallen us.

Slaves have ruled over us - alas!

Because we neglected to free our servants
 * Alas, what has befallen us.

We risk our lives for bread - alas!

Because we have withdrawn our hand from the poor
 * Alas, what has befallen us.

Our skin has shriveled as from an oven - alas!

Because our honor has been exchanged for disgrace
 * Alas, what has befallen us.

Women have been violated in Zion - alas!

Because men have defiled their neighbors’ wives
 * Alas, what has befallen us.

Princes have been hanged by the enemy - alas!

Because they have robbed and extorted the poor
 * Alas, what has befallen us.

Young men have been burdened with millstones - alas!

Because they have frequented the brothels
 * Alas, what has befallen us.

Elders have been removed from the gates - alas!

Because they have twisted the judgment of the widow and the orphan
 * Alas, what has befallen us.

The joy of our hearts has ceased - alas!

Because our pilgrims have stopped their pilgrimages
 * Alas, what has befallen us.

The crown has fallen from our heads - alas!

Because our Temple has been burned
 * Alas, what has befallen us.

For this our hearts have mourned - alas!

For the honor of the house of our desire
 * Alas, what has befallen us.

For Mount Zion which lies in ruin - alas!

Because the abomination of desolation has been placed upon it
 * Alas, what has befallen us.

You, oh Lord, reign forever

Your throne endures from generation to generation.

Will You forever forget us, abandon us for many days?

Return us to You, oh Lord, and we will return

Renew our days as of old.

You cannot have utterly rejected us

And be entirely incensed against us.

Return us to You, oh Lord, and we will return

Renew our days as of old.

Kinah 2 - איך מפי בן ובת
How from the mouth of son and daughter

Many lamentations pour forth

In place of songs and rejoicing
 * And pleasantness has ceased at the Sabbath’s end.

Alas for a decree has been enacted

With fury and with rage

And His anger flares against us

And His fury burns like flame
 * And pleasantness has ceased at the Sabbath’s end.

Alas for our homes have been wrecked

And our virgins violated

And our countenances have changed

And darkened like a [burnt] pan
 * And pleasantness has ceased at the Sabbath’s end.

Alas for our enemies have pillaged us

And laid down corpses among us

The dear children of Zion

Who were guarded like the apple of an eye


 * And pleasantness has ceased at the Sabbath’s end.

Alas for the crown has fallen

And the rebellious ones have triumphed

And glory and splendor have ended

The Divine presence has shrunk from the Temple


 * And pleasantness has ceased at the Sabbath’s end.

Alas for the menorah is taken

And incense and the pure frankincense

And the hewn stones have been scorned

The land that flowed [with milk and honey] has been consumed
 * And pleasantness has ceased at the Sabbath’s end.