וְסֻגְּר֤וּ דְלָתַ֙יִם֙ בַּשּׁ֔וּק בִּשְׁפַ֖ל ק֣וֹל הַֽטַּחֲנָ֑ה וְיָקוּם֙ לְק֣וֹל הַצִּפּ֔וֹר וְיִשַּׁ֖חוּ כָּל־בְּנ֥וֹת הַשִּֽׁיר׃
Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita
We did not seek Your Presence— to offer supplication, nor did we seek understanding of Your truth, because of the stench of our iniquity; we were destined for the same end as Sodom, for we diminished the sound of Torah,4Literally “mill”. The study of Torah is likened to the grinding of a mill which operates day and night. we were almost destroyed, but for Your grace.