Pleqtë e bijës së Sionit ulen për tokë në heshtje; kanë hedhur pluhur mbi kokën e tyre, kanë ngjeshur trupin me thes; virgjëreshat e Jeruzalemit ulin deri në tokë kokën e tyre.
The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.