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In the place where you used to meet with us,
    your enemies have shouted, “We’ve won the battle!”
    They have set up their flags to show they have beaten us.
They acted like people cutting down a forest with axes.
    They smashed all the beautiful wooden walls
    with their axes and hatchets.

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Your foes roared(A) in the place where you met with us;
    they set up their standards(B) as signs.
They behaved like men wielding axes
    to cut through a thicket of trees.(C)
They smashed all the carved(D) paneling
    with their axes and hatchets.

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