Harlot Bride

On the day you were born your cord wasn't cut
Nor were you washed with water
You weren't rubbed with salt or wrapped in cloths
Compassion and pity were not shown!

When I saw you were old enough for love
I spread my garment over you
I entered a covenant with you
I gave you my oath and you became mine!

Jerusalem became mine!

‘Then I passed by and saw you kicking about in your own blood
And as you lay there, I said to you: Live!
‘Then I passed by and saw you kicking about in your own blood
And as you lay there, I said to you: Live!

You took your children whom you bore to me
Sacrificed them as food to the idols
My beloved children, you slaughtered them
Was your prostitution not enough?!

In all your detestable practices
Did you not remember the days of your youth?
Together we entered a covenant
I gave you my oath and you became mine!

Jerusalem became mine!

Then I passed by and saw you kicking about in your own blood
And as you lay there, I said to you: Live!
Then I passed by and saw you kicking about in your own blood
And as you lay there, I said to you: Live!