# Splendor has left the daughter of Zion "Everything that was beautiful about the daughter of Zion is destroyed" # daughter of Zion This is a poetic name for Jerusalem. # Her princes have become like deer that cannot find pasture "Her princes are starving, like deer that cannot find grass to eat" # deer A deer is a medium-sized, grass-eating animal that people hunt for food. It is also a beautiful animal to look at. # they go without strength before their pursuer "they are not strong enough to run away from the one who chases them"