לָ֤מָּה לָנֶ֙צַח֙ תִּשְׁכָּחֵ֔נוּ תַּֽעַזְבֵ֖נוּ לְאֹ֥רֶךְ יָמִֽים׃
Wherefore dost Thou forget us for ever, And forsake us so long time?
Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita
Your lambs [Israel] are beaten by [the enemy] who roar [with triumph] like the sea, they are ravished and robbed in the hands of the nations; “Why have You forgotten us forever, forsaken us for so long a time.”3Lamentations 5:20.
Selichot Nusach Polin
Your lambs [Israel] are beaten by [the enemy] who roar [with triumph] like the sea, they are ravished and robbed in the hands of the nations; “Why have You forgotten us forever, forsaken us for so long a time.”3Lamentations 5:20.
Selichot Nusach Lita Linear
forsaken us for so long a time.”3Lamentations 5:20.