For these things I weep; my eye, my eye runs down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.
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Interlinear Gloss
AD 1480
Ain- ‘fountain-head’ or ‘eye’
I weep- the voice of the Synagogue or of the prophet or the Church or the soul
my eyes- alludes to the letter, which is interpreted ‘eye’
with water- fountain-head of tears
the comforter- the Paraclete
me converting- to good
my soul- lost and drifting
are desolate- to the letter, or works or those that the Church nourishes daily
the enemy- the Chaldean or Roman or the devil