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(A)Woowe, singa omutwe gwange gubadde mugga
    n’amaaso gange luzzi lwa maziga,
nnandikaabye emisana n’ekiro
    olw’abantu bange be batta!

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[a]Oh, that my head were a spring of water
    and my eyes a fountain of tears!(A)
I would weep(B) day and night
    for the slain of my people.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 9:1 In Hebrew texts 9:1 is numbered 8:23, and 9:2-26 is numbered 9:1-25.

18 (A)Leka bajje mangu
    batukaabireko
okutuusa amaaso gaffe lwe ganaakulukuta amaziga,
    n’obukoowekoowe bwaffe ne butiiriika amazzi.

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18 Let them come quickly
    and wail over us
till our eyes overflow with tears
    and water streams from our eyelids.(A)

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(A)n’amugamba nti, “Genda ng’oyitaayita mu kibuga kyonna ekya Yerusaalemi, oteeke akabonero ku byenyi by’abeesisiwadde era abanakuwadde olw’ebintu byonna eby’ekivve ebikolebwa wakati mu kyo.”

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and said to him, “Go throughout the city of Jerusalem(A) and put a mark(B) on the foreheads of those who grieve and lament(C) over all the detestable things that are done in it.(D)

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