3 — Lamentations

1Aleph. I am the man that see my poverty by the rod of his indignation.ALEPH. Uom son io, che conosco la mia miseria sotto la verga dell'ira di lui.I THE man that see my pouertie in the rod of his indignation.Aleph. Ego vir videns paupertatem meam / in virga indignationis ejus. 2Aleph. He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, and not into light.ALEPH. Tra le tenebre mi ha condotto, e non al chiaror della luce.He hath led me, and brought me into darknes and not into light.Aleph. Me minavit, et adduxit in tenebras, / et non in lucem. 3Aleph. Only against me he hath turned, and turned again his hand all the day.ALEPH. Non ha fatt'altro, che percuotermi, e ripercuotermi tutto giorno colla sua mano.Only against me he hath turned and hath conuerted his hand al the day.Aleph. Tantum in me vertit et convertit / manum suam tota die. 4Beth. My skin and my flesh he hath made old, he hath broken my bones.BETH. Ha fatta invecchiar la mia pelle, e la mia carne, ha stritolate le ossa mie.He hath made my skinne old and my flesh, he hath broken my bones.Beth. Vetustam fecit pellem meam et carnem meam; / contrivit ossa mea. 5Beth. He hath built round about me, and he hath compassed me with gall, and labour.BETH. Ha alzato un muro intorno a me, e mi ha circondato di amarezze, e di affanni.He hath built round about me, and he hath compased me with gaul, and labour.Beth. Ædificavit in gyro meo, et circumdedit me / felle et labore. 6Beth. He hath set me in dark places as those that are dead for ever.BETH. Mi collocò in luoghi tenebrosi, come que', che son morti per sempre.In darke places he hath placed me as the euerlasting dead.Beth. In tenebrosis collocavit me, / quasi mortuos sempiternos. 7Ghimel. He hath built against me round about, that I may not get out: he hath made my fetters heavy.GHIMEL. Mi serrò con ripari all'intorno, perch'io non ne esca: aggravò i miei ceppi.He hath built round about against me, that I goe not forth: he hath aggrauated my fetters.Ghimel. Circumædificavit adversum me, ut non egrediar; / aggravavit compedem meum. 8Ghimel. Yea, and when I cry, and entreat, he hath shut out my prayer.GHIMEL. Ed oltre a ciò, quand'io alzi le grida, e lo preghi, ha chiuso il varco alla mia orazione.Yea and when I shal crie, and aske, he hath excluded my prayer.Ghimel. Sed et cum clamavero, et rogavero, / exclusit orationem meam. 9Ghimel. He hath shut up my ways with square stones, he hath turned my paths upside down.GHIMEL. Mi ha chiuse le strade con pietre quadrate: ha ruinati i miei sentieri.He hath shut vp my wayes with square stones, he hath subuerted my pathes.Ghimel. Conclusit vias meas lapidibus quadris; / semitas meas subvertit.

10Daleth. He is become to me as a bear lying in wait: as a lion in secret places.DALETH. Egli è divenuto per me qual orso, che sta in aguato: come lione in luogo rimoto.He is become vnto me a beare lying in waite: a lyon in secret places.Daleth. Ursus insidians factus est mihi, / leo in absconditis. 11Daleth. He hath turned aside my paths, and hath broken me in pieces, he hath made me desolate.DALETH. Egli ha ruinati i miei sentieri, e mi ha straziato, mi ha abbandonato alla desolazione.He hath subuerted my pathes, and hath broken me, he hath made me desolate.Daleth. Semitas meas subvertit, et confregit me; / posuit me desolatam. 12Daleth. He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for his arrows.DALETH. Egli tese il suo arco, e mi fe' come segno agli strali.He hath bent his bow, and set me as a marke for the arrow.Daleth. Tetendit arcum suum, et posuit me / quasi signum ad sagittam. 13He. He hath shot into my reins the daughters of his quiver.HE. Ne' miei reni ha confitte le frecce del suo turcasso.He hath shot in my reines the daughters of his quiuer.He. Misit in renibus meis / filias pharetræ suæ. 14He. I am made a derision to all my people, their song all the day long.HE. Son divenuto il ludibrio di tutto il mio popolo; la lor canzone per tutto il giorno.I am made a derision to al my people, their songue al the day.He. Factus sum in derisum omni populo meo, / canticum eorum tota die. 15He. He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath inebriated me with wormwood.HE. Mi ha ripieno di amarezza, mi ha inebriato di assenzio.He hath replenished me with bitternes, he hath inebriated me with wormwood.He. Replevit me amaritudinibus; / inebriavit me absinthio. 16Vau. And he hath broken my teeth one by one, he hath fed me with ashes.VAU. Ed ha spezzati a uno a uno tutti i miei denti, mi ha cibato di cenere.And he hath broken my teeth by number, he hath fed me with ashes.Vau. Et fregit ad numerum dentes meos; / cibavit me cinere. 17Vau. And my soul is removed far off from peace, I have forgotten good things.VAU. E bandita Dall'anima mia la pace; non so più che sia bene.And my soule is repelled from peace, I haue forgotten good thinges.Vau. Et repulsa est a pace anima mea; / oblitus sum bonorum. 18Vau. And I said: My end and my hope is perished from the Lord.VAU. Ed io dissi: Ogni termine per me è sparito, e l'espettazione mia nel Signore.And I sayd: Mine end is perished, and mine hope from our Lord.Vau. Et dixi: Periit finis meus, / et spes mea a Domino.

19Zain. Remember my poverty, and transgression, the wormwood and the gall.ZAIN. Ricorditi della miseria, miseria mia eccedente, e dell'assenzio, e del fiele.Remember my pouertie, and transgression, the wormwood, and the gual.Zain. Recordare paupertatis, et transgressionis meæ, / absinthii et fellis. 20Zain. I will be mindful and remember, and my soul shall languish within me.ZAIN. Queste cose ho di continuo alla memoria, e si strugge l'anima mia dentro di me.Remembring I wil be mindful, and my soule shal languish in me.Zain. Memoria memor ero, et tabescet / in me anima mea. 21Zain. These things I shall think over in my heart, therefore will I hope.ZAIN. Queste cose riandando in cuor mio, per questo io spererò.Recording this thing in my hart, therfore wil I hope.Zain. Hæc recolens in corde meo, / ideo sperabo. 22Heth. The mercies of the Lord that we are not consumed: because his commiserations have not failed.HETH. Misericordia del Signore ell'è, che noi non siamo consunti: perchè non son mai venute meno le sue misericordie.The mercies of our Lord that we are not consumed: because his commiserations haue not fayled.Heth. Misericordiæ Domini, quia non sumus consumpti; / quia non defecerunt miserationes ejus. 23Heth. They are new every morning, great is thy faithfulness.HETH. Delle nuove ne sono ogni mattina: grandemente fedele se' tu.New in the morning, great is thy fidelite.Heth. Novi diluculo, / multa est fides tua. 24Heth. The Lord is my portion, said my soul: therefore will I wait for him.HETH. Mia porzione è il Signore, disse l'anima mia: per questo io lo aspetterò.Our Lord is my portion, sayd my soule: therfore wil I expect him.Heth. Pars mea Dominus, dixit anima mea; / propterea exspectabo eum. 25Teth. The Lord is good to them that hope in him, to the soul that seeketh him.TETH. Buono è il Signore a que', che sperano in lui, all'anima, che lo cerca.Our Lord is good to them that hope in him, to the soule that seeketh him.Teth. Bonus est Dominus sperantibus in eum, / animæ quærenti illum. 26Teth. It is good to wait with silence for the salvation of God.TETH. Buona cosa è l'aspettare in silenzio la salute di Dio.It is good to waite with silence for the saluation of God.Teth. Bonum est præstolari cum silentio / salutare Dei. 27Teth. It is good for a man, when he hath borne the yoke from his youth.TETH. Buona cosa è per l'uomo l'aver portato il giogo fin dalla sua adolescenza.It is good for a man, when he beareth the yoke from his youth.Teth. Bonum est viro cum portaverit jugum / ab adolescentia sua.

28Jod. He shall sit solitary, and hold his peace: because he hath taken it up upon himself.JOD. Ei sederà solitario, e si tacerà, perch'egli il giogo ha preso sopra di se.He shal sit solitarie, and hold his peace: because he hath lifted himselfe aboue himself.Jod. Sedebit solitarius, et tacebit, / quia levavit super se. 29Jod. He shall put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.JOD. Porrà la bocca sua nella polvere (cercando) se a sorte siavi speranza.He shal put his mouth in the dust, if perhaps there be hope.Jod. Ponet in pulvere os suum, / si forte sit spes. 30Jod. He shall give his cheek to him that striketh him, he shall be filled with reproaches.JOD. Porgerà la guancia a chi lo percuote: sarà satollato d'ignominie.He shal geue the cheeke to him that striketh him, he shal be filled with reproches.Jod. Dabit percutienti se maxillam: / saturabitur opprobriis. 31Caph. For the Lord will not cast off for ever.CAPH. Perocché non per sempre rigetterà da se il Signore.Because our Lord wil not reiect for euer.Caph. Quia non repellet / in sempiternum Dominus. 32Caph. For if he hath cast off, he will also have mercy, according to the multitude of his mercies.CAPH. Perocché se egli ci ha rigettati, avrà anche pietà secondo le molte sue misericordie.Because if he hath reiected, he wil also haue mercie, according to the multitude of his merciés.Caph. Quia si abjecit, et miserebitur, / secundum multitudinem misericordiarum suarum. 33Caph. For he hath not willingly afflicted, nor cast off the children of men.CAPH. Perocché non di sua elezione egli umilia, e rigetta i figliuoli degli uomini,For he hath not humbled from his hart, and cast of the children of men.Caph. Non enim humiliavit ex corde suo / et abjecit filios hominum. 34Lamed. To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the land,LAMED. Ma per calpestare sotto i suoi piedi tutti gli schiavi della terra,To stamp vnder his fete al the prisoners of the earth. To auert the iudgement of a man before the face of the Highest.Lamed. Ut conteret sub pedibus suis / omnes vinctos terræ. 35Lamed. To turn aside the judgment of a man before the face of the most High,LAMED. Pesare con non giusta bilancia la causa d'un uomo nel suo cospetto.Lamed. Ut declinaret judicium viri / in conspectu vultus Altissimi. 36Lamed. To destroy a man wrongfully in his judgment, the Lord hath not approved.LAMED. Ledere ingiustamente un uomo nel suo giudizio: ciò non sa fare il Signore.To peruert a man in his iudgement, our Lord hath not knowne.Lamed. Ut perverteret hominem in judicio suo; / Dominus ignoravit.

37Mem. Who is he that hath commanded a thing to be done, when the Lord commandeth it not?MEM. Chi è colui, che ha detto, che si facesse una cosa, senza che il Signore la comandasse?Who is this, that hath commanded it to be done, our Lord not commanding it?Mem. Quis est iste qui dixit ut fieret, / Domino non jubente ? 38Mem. Shall not both evil and good proceed out of the mouth of the Highest?MEM. Non verran eglino dalla bocca del Signore i beni, ed i mali?Out of the mouth of the Highest, there shal not procede neither euil thinges, nor good.Mem. Ex ore Altissimi non egredientur / nec mala nec bona ? 39Mem. Why hath a living man murmured, man suffering for his sins?MEM. Perchè mai uomo vivente querelavasi dell'effetto de' suoi peccati?What hath the liuing man murmured, man for his sinnes?Mem. Quid murmuravit homo vivens, / vir pro peccatis suis ? 40Nun. Let us search our ways, and seek, and return to the Lord.NUN. Disaminiamo, e facciam ricerca de' nostri andamenti, e torniamo al Signore.Let vs search our wayes, & seeke, and returne to our Lord.Nun. Scrutemur vias nostras, et quæramus, / et revertamur ad Dominum. 41Nun. Let us lift up our hearts with our hands to the Lord in the heavens.NUN. Alziamo al cielo insiem colle mani i cuori nostri al Signore.Let vs lift vp our hartes with our handes to our Lord into the heauens.Nun. Levemus corda nostra cum manibus / ad Dominum in cælos. 42Nun. We have done wickedly, and provoked thee to wrath: therefore thou art inexorable.NUN. Noi iniquamente ci diportammo, e ti provocammo ad ira: per questo tu se' inesorabile.We haue done wickedly, and prouoked to wrath: therfore thou art inexorable.Nun. Nos inique egimus, et ad iracundiam provocavimus; / idcirco tu inexorabilis es. 43Samech. Thou hast covered in thy wrath, and hast struck us: thou hast killed and hast not spared.SAMECH. Tu ti cuopristi col tuo furore, e ci percuotesti: tu uccidesti, e non perdonasti.Thou hast couered in furie, and hast strooken vs: thou hast killed, and not spared.Samech. Operuisti in furore, et percussisti nos; / occidisti, nec pepercisti. 44Samech. Thou hast set a cloud before thee, that our prayer may not pass through.SAMECH. Ti ponesti davanti una nuvola, perchè non arrivasse a te l'orazione.Thou hast sette a cloude before thee, that prayer may not passe.Samech. Opposuisti nubem tibi, / ne transeat oratio. 45Samech. Thou hast made me as an outcast, and refuse in the midst of the people.SAMECH. Tu mi hai diradicato, e gettato per terra sulla faccia di tutti i popoli.Thou hast made me to be rooted out, and abiect in the middes of the peoples.Samech. Eradicationem et abjectionem posuisti me / in medio populorum.

46Phe. All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.PHE. Tutti i nemici hanno aperta la loro bocca contro di noi.Al the enemies haue opened their mouth vpon vs.Phe. Aperuerunt super nos os suum / omnes inimici. 47Phe. Prophecy is become to us a fear, and a snare, and destruction.PHE. La profezia fu per noi terrore, e laccio, e rovina.Prophecie is made vnto vs, feare, and snare, and destruction.Phe. Formido et laqueus facta est nobis / vaticinatio, et contritio. 48Phe. My eye hath run down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.PHE. Rivi di acque spargono gli occhi miei sopra l'afflizione della figliuola del popol mio.Myne eye hath shed streames of waters, in the destruction of the daughter of my people.Phe. Divisiones aquarum deduxit oculus meus, / in contritione filiæ populi mei. 49Ain. My eye is afflicted, and hath not been quiet, because there was no rest:AIN. Il mio occhio è afflitto, né si dà posa, perchè requie alcuna non è,Myne eye is afflicted, neither hath it bene quiet, because there was no rest:Ain. Oculus meus afflictus est, nec tacuit, / eo quod non esset requies. 50Ain. Till the Lord regarded and looked down from the heavens.AIN. Fino a tanto che il Signore volga l'occhio dal cielo, e rimiri.Til our Lord regarded and looked from the heauens.Ain. Donec respiceret et videret / Dominus de cælis. 51Ain. My eye hath wasted my soul because of all the daughters of my city.AIN. L'occhio mio è stato nemico della mia vita, in piangendo le figlie tutte della mia patria.Mine eye hath spoyled my soule for al the daughters of my citie.Ain. Oculus meus deprædatus est animam meam / in cunctis filiabus urbis meæ. 52Sade. My enemies have chased me and caught me like a bird, without cause.SADE. Come uccello alla caccia mi presero i miei nemici senza mia colpa.Myne enemies in hunting haue caught me as a birde, without cause.Sade. Venatione ceperunt me quasi avem / inimici mei gratis. 53Sade. My life is fallen into the pit, and they have laid a stone over me.SADE. E caduta l'anima mia nella fossa: hanno posta una pietra sopra di me.My life is fallen into the lake, and they haue layd a stone vpon me.Sade. Lapsa est in lacum vita mea, / et posuerunt lapidem super me. 54Sade. Waters have flowed over my head: I said: I am cut off.SADE. Un diluvio di acque si è scaricato sulla mia testa: io dissi: Son perdutoThe waters haue flowed ouer my head: I sayd: I am vndone.Sade. Inundaverunt aquæ super caput meum; / dixi: Perii. 55Coph. I have called upon thy name, O Lord, from the lowest pit.COPH. Invocai il nome tuo o Signore, dalla fossa profonda.I haue inuocated thy name ô Lord from the lowest lake.Coph. Invocavi nomen tuum, Domine, / de lacu novissimo.

56Coph. Thou hast heard my voice: turn not away thy ear from my sighs, and cries.COPH. Tu ascoltasti la voce mia; or non chiuder le orecchie tue a' mie singulti, e a' miei clamori.Thou hast heard my voice: turne not away thine eare from my sobbings, and cries.Coph. Vocem meam audisti; ne avertas aurem tuam / a singultu meo et clamoribus. 57Coph. Thou drewest near in the day, when I called upon thee, thou saidst: Fear not.COPH. Tu ti appressasti nel giorno, ch'io ti invocai: dicesti: Non temere.Thou didst approch in the day, when I inuocated thee: thou hast sayd: Feare not.Coph. Appropinquasti in die quando invocavi te; / dixisti: Ne timeas. 58Res. Thou hast judged, O Lord, the cause of my soul, thou the Redeemer of my life.RES. Tu pronunziasti in favore dell'anima mia, o redentore della mia vita.Thou hast iudged ô Lord the cause of my soule, redemer of my life.Res. Judicasti, Domine, causam animæ meæ, / redemptor vitæ meæ. 59Res. Thou hast seen, O Lord, their iniquity against me: judge thou my judgment.RES. Tu hai veduto, o Signore, l'iniquità loro inverso di me: fammi giustizia.Thou hast seene ô Lord their iniquitie against me: iudge my iudgement.Res. Vidisti, Domine, iniquitatem illorum adversum me: / judica judicium meum. 60Res. Thou hast seen all their fury, and all their thoughts against me.RES. Tu vedesti i lor furori, e tutti i loro disegni contro di me.Thou hast seene al their furie, al their cogitations against me.Res. Vidisti omnem furorem, / universas cogitationes eorum adversum me. 61Sin. Thou hast heard their reproach, O Lord, all their imaginations against me.SIN. Tu udisti, o Signore, le lor villanie, e i lor pensieri contro di me;Thou hast heard their reproch ô Lord, al their cogitations against me.Sin. Audisti opprobrium eorum, Domine, / omnes cogitationes eorum adversum me. 62Sin. The lips of them that rise up against me: and their devices against me all the day.SIN. E le parole di color, che mi fanno guerra, e quel, ch'ei meditan tutto giorno contro di me.The lippes of them that rise vp against me; and their cogitations against me al the day.Sin. Labia insurgentium mihi, et meditationes eorum / adversum me tota die. 63Sin. Behold their sitting down, and their rising up, I am their song.SIN. Osserva come andando essi, e venendo, io sono la loro canzone.See their sitting downe, and their rysing vp, I am their psalme.Sin. Sessionem eorum et resurrectionem eorum vide; / ego sum psalmus eorum. 64Thau. Thou shalt render them a recompense, O Lord, according to the works of their hands.THAU. Tu renderai loro, o Signore, secondo le opere delle lor mani.Thou shalt render them a recompence ô Lord, according to the workes of their handes.Thau. Redes eis vicem, Domine, / juxta opera manuum suarum.

65Thau. Thou shalt give them a buckler of heart, thy labour.THAU. Tu porrai sopra il cuor loro per iscudo gli affanni, che lor manderai.Thou shalt geue them a shild of hart thy labour.Thau. Dabis eis scutum cordis, / laborem tuum. 66Thau. Thou shalt persecute them in anger, and shalt destroy them from under the heavens, O Lord.THAU. Li perseguiterai col furor tuo, e li spergerai di sotto al cieli, o Signore.Thou shalt persecute in furie, and shalt destroy them from vnder the heauens ô Lord.Thau. Persequeris in furore, et conteres eos / sub cælis, Domine.