Hebrew
זָרִים אוֹמְרִים אֵין תּוֹחֶלֶת וְתִקְוָה,<sup>1</sup>
חַנּוּן חוּס לְשִׁמְךָ מְקַוֶּה,
טָהוֹר, יְשׁוּעָתֵנוּ קָרְבָה, יָעַפְנוּ וְלֹא
הוּנַח לָנוּ, רַחֲמֶיךָ יִכְבְּשׁוּ אֶת כַּעַסְךָ
מֵעָלֵינוּ. אָנָּא, שׁוּב מֵחֲרוֹנְךָ, וְרַחֵם
סְגֻלָּה אֲשֶׁר בָּחָרְתָּ:
Sephardi
Zarim omrim ein tochelet ve-tikvah,<sup>1</sup>
chanun chus leshimcha mekavveh,
tahor, yeshu'atenu karvah, ya'afnu v'lo
hunach lanu, rachamecha yichbeshu et ka'ascha
me-alenu. Ana, shuv me-charoncha, ve-rachem
segullah asher bacharta:
English
The strangers (non-Jews) say that there is no hope,<sup>1</sup> and that we should not expect You to help us. Be gracious to the Jewish Nation, the nation that puts its hope in Your name. Pure God, bring our salvation near to us because we are exhausted by the pain and suffering of exile, and we were not given any rest. Let Your mercy suppress Your anger from us. Please God, turn away from Your anger and have mercy on the Jewish Nation, the treasured people, whom You chose as Your nation.