## My eye runs down with streams of water ##

"Tears flow from my eyes like water flows in a river" because I am crying (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

## because of the crushing of the daughter of my people ##

See how you translated this in [Lamentations 2:11](../02/11.md).

## the daughter of my people ##

This is a poetic name for Jerusalem, which is spoken of here as if it were a woman. (See:[[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])

## My eyes flow out ##

AT: "Tears flow from my eyes" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

## they do not stop, for there is no end to it ##

AT: "my tears do not stop falling; there is no end to them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-pluralpronouns]])