אָמְנָם כֵּן־סָלַחְתִּי — ‘Forgiven’73
Raise to Thee this my plea, take my pray’r,
Sin unmake for Thy sake and declare,
‘Forgiven!’
Tears, regret, witness set in sin’s place;
Uplift trust from the dust to Thy face—
‘Forgiven!’
Voice that sighs, tear-filled eyes, do not spurn;
Weigh and pause, plead my cause, and return
‘Forgiven!’
Yea, off-rolled—as foretold—clouds impure,
Zion’s folk, free of yoke, O assure
‘Forgiven!’
YOMTOB OF YORK, 1190.
(Trans. I. Zangwill.)