“Civitas sancti tui facta est deserta”
“Ne irascaris, Domine, satis
et ne ultra memineris iniquitatis nostrae.
Ecce, respice, populus tuus omnes nos.
Civitas sancti tui facta est deserta.
Sion deserta facta est,
Jerusalem desolata est.”
“Be not angry, O Lord,
nor remember our iniquity forever.
Behold, look upon us, we are all thy people.
Thy holy cities are deserted.
Zion has become a wasteland,
Jerusalem a desolation.”
— William Byrd
Isaiah 64: 9-10