"They threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and wailing, and saying, 'Alas, alas, that great city, in which all who had ships on the sea became rich by her wealth! For in one hour she is made desolate.'
Eta, nork bere burura hautsa botaz, oihu egiten zuen negarrez eta aieneka: "Ai zu, ai hiri handia! Zure aberastasunei esker aberastu ziren itsasontziak zituzten guztiak. Horra orain une batean erraustua!"