הָֽיְתָה־לִּ֬י דִמְעָתִ֣י לֶ֭חֶם יוֹמָ֣ם וָלָ֑יְלָה בֶּאֱמֹ֥ר אֵלַ֥י כָּל־הַ֝יּ֗וֹם אַיֵּ֥ה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃
Mes larmes sont ma nourriture de jour et de nuit, depuis qu’on me dit sans cesse: "Où est ton Dieu?"
The Gate of Unity
and although the weeping during the midnight prayer of Tikkun Chatzot are simple tears shed over “the sins of one’s youth” and the like, nonetheless, about this it states,26Psalms 42:4 “My tears were my bread day and night.”