I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and my elders died in the city, while they sought their food to relieve their souls.
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Interlinear Gloss
AD 1480
Coph- calling’
my friends- Egyptians or heretics or desires of the flesh.
deceived me- The Egyptian helps in vain.
my priests- a kingly priesthood.
my ancients- maturity of counsel.
in the city- Jerusalem or the Church or the mind.
their food- earthly profit or vain desires.
their souls- animality
