Even jackals offer the breast;
    they nurse their young;
but the daughter of my people has become cruel,
    like the ostriches in the wilderness.

The tongue of the nursing infant (A)sticks
    to the roof of its mouth for thirst;
(B)the children beg for food,
    but no one gives to them.

Those who once feasted on delicacies
    perish in the streets;
(C)those who were brought up in purple
    embrace ash heaps.

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