Translation of the Kinah על זה היה דוה לבנו (found on page 236 of the Or VaDerech siddur for fast days).
For this our heart was faint, for these things our eyes dimmed.
On the desolation of our holy city Tonight we feel our sorrow an our joy is overturned.
For this our heart was faint, for these things our eyes dimmed.
On the wondrous city that was made desolate, to the Torah and its commandments which we shut out from our ears.
For this our heart was faint, for these things our eyes dimmed.
Our heichal was disheveled so we raise our ears in bitterness on the day our desecration multiplied. Oy! what has come upon us.
For this our heart was faint, for these things our eyes dimmed.
And the alter and ark perished when [Hashem's] anger grew stronger. I picked up a strange voice in my throat in the house of our lord.
For this our heart was faint, for these things our eyes dimmed.
Our strength weakened and we stumbled from the force of our oppressor we fell. We have become a cautionary tale and a mockery to our neighbors.
For this our heart was faint, for these things our eyes dimmed.
We have been forgotten from the heart like a dead man. Our oppressor has sheared and mauled us. We scream from the provocation of our enemy to God who doesn't answer us.
For this our heart was faint, for these things our eyes dimmed.
Our distress came suddenly and our hands were weakened and the hands of our oppressors strengthened and in His flaring wrath, He sold us.
For this our heart was faint, for these things our eyes dimmed.