1. And you, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
2. and say:What was your mother? A lioness!Among lions she crouched;in the midst of young lionsshe reared her cubs.
3. And she brought up one of her cubs; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch prey;he devoured men.
4. The nations heard about him; he was caught in their pit, and they brought him with hooksto the land of Egypt.