richmahn_en_tn/lam/05/01.md

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A new poem begins. See [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-poetry]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]].
## Call to mind ##
AT: "Think about" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
## Look and see our shame ##
"Look at the shameful state we are in"
## Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers ##
AT: "You have allowed strangers to take possession of our inheritance" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
## our houses to foreigners ##
"you have allowed foreigners to take possession of our houses" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])
## We have become orphans ... our mothers are like widows ##
The people of Jerusalem have no one to protect them because the men have either died in battle or have gone into exile. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
## Our water costs silver to drink ##
"We have to pay silver to our enemies in order to drink our own water"
## our own wood is sold to us ##
AT: "our enemies sell us our own wood" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])