# General Information:

The author speaks about himself again.

# My eyes flow with streams of tears

Here the author speaks of the great amount of his tears as if they were streams. He uses exaggeration to show that he is very sad and has cried much. Alternate translation: "Tears flow from my eyes like water flowing in a river" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-hyperbole]])

# because my people are destroyed

This can stated in active form. Alternate translation: "because enemies have destroyed my people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])