Cui comparabo te, vel cui assimilabo te, filia Jerusalem? cui exæquabo te, et consolabor te, virgo, filia Sion? magna est enim velut mare contritio tua: quis medebitur tui?
Mem. To what shall I compare thee? or to what shall I liken thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? to what shall I equal thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Sion? for great as the sea is thy destruction: who shall heal thee?
Ad que compara te, vel ad que assimula te, filia Ierusalem? Ad que exaequa te, et consola te, virgine, filia Sione? Magna es nam sicut mari contritione tuo: qui mede tuo?