Send, my G-d, what you may
But my tear
Please do not stay.
And if you cannot spare me
A pure tear
A tarnished one, let her be

For also
A putrid tear
Sin will purge
Wrath will assuage
Bolted gate, will penetrate

Therefore I appeal
Pray do not seal
The fountain of my tears

From the Hebrew by Yanki Tauber

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