write figcaption into a data-title
HTML
<p>
<figure>
<a href="#" class="lightbox2" rel="lightbox[70]">
<img src="http://placehold.it/350x150" width="350" height="150" alt="">
</a>
<figcaption>
caption one
</figcaption>
</figure>
</p>
<p>
<figure>
<a href="#" class="lightbox2" rel="lightbox[70]">
<img src="http://placehold.it/350x150/cd11cd" width="340" height="140" alt="">
</a>
<figcaption>
caption two
</figcaption>
</figure>
</p>
<p>
<figure>
<a href="#" class="lightbox2" rel="lightbox[70]">
<img src="http://placehold.it/350x150" width="350" height="150" alt="">
</a>
<figcaption>
caption thre
</figcaption>
</figure>
</p>
JavaScript
jQuery('figure').find('figcaption').each(function (index) {
var desc = $(this).text();
//var desc = jQuery('figcaption').text();
console.log(index + desc);
$(this).prev('.lightbox2').attr('data-title', ''+ desc +'');
});