Just as one person inspires another—for example, we observe that when a person recites supplications or penitential prayers with enthusiasm or a broken heart, then his neighbor becomes excited as well, because he grows excited from [seeing] his friend and begins to scrutinize himself, so that he too becomes enthusiastic and begins to recite supplications with inspiration—a person can likewise be an inspiration for himself. He can become excited from his own words—i.e., he recites the requests and supplications excitedly, and cries out, “Woe is me!” While doing so he becomes aware and begins to scrutinize himself: Where am I holding? Who is crying out like this? Isn’t it “Woe is me”?—literally, “me!” And he begins to cry out a second time, “Woe is me!”—especially “me!”
And although initially as well it seemed to him as if he were crying out honestly, as necessary, still, he afterwards sees the difference between before and after. Understand this.
כְּמוֹ שֶׁיֵּשׁ הִתְעוֹרְרוּת מֵאָדָם לַחֲבֵרוֹ, כְּגוֹן כְּשֶׁרוֹאִין שֶׁאֶחָד אוֹמֵר בַּקָּשׁוֹת וּסְלִיחוֹת בְּהִתְעוֹרְרוּת בְּלֵב נִשְׁבָּר, אֲזַי חֲבֵרוֹ מִתְעוֹרֵר מִמֶּנּוּ גַּם כֵּן, כִּי מִתְעוֹרֵר מֵחֲבֵרוֹ וּמַתְחִיל לְהִסְתַּכֵּל עַל עַצְמוֹ, וְנִתְעוֹרֵר גַּם כֵּן, וּמַתְחִיל לוֹמַר גַּם־כֵּן בַּקָּשׁוֹת בְּהִתְעוֹרְרוּת הַלֵּב. כְּמוֹ כֵן יֵשׁ אֵצֶל הָאָדָם עַצְמוֹ הִתְעוֹרְרוּת מִנֵּהּ וּבֵהּ, שֶׁמִּתְעוֹרֵר מִתּוֹךְ דִּבְרֵי עַצְמוֹ, דְּהַיְנוּ שֶׁאוֹמֵר בַּקָּשׁוֹת וּתְחִנּוֹת בְּהִתְעוֹרְרוּת וְצוֹעֵק: וַי לִי, וּבְתוֹךְ כָּךְ נִתְעוֹרֵר מִזֶּה וּמַתְחִיל לְהִסְתַּכֵּל עַל עַצְמוֹ: הֵיכָן אֲנִי, וּמִי צוֹעֵק כָּךְ, הֲלֹא וַי לִי, לִי מַמָּשׁ, וּמַתְחִיל שֵׁנִית לִצְעֹק וַי לִי, לִי דַּיְקָא.
Just as one person inspires another—for example, we observe that when a person recites supplications or penitential prayers with enthusiasm or a broken heart, then his neighbor becomes excited as well, because he grows excited from [seeing] his friend and begins to scrutinize himself, so that he too becomes enthusiastic and begins to recite supplications with inspiration—a person can likewise be an inspiration for himself. He can become excited from his own words—i.e., he recites the requests and supplications excitedly, and cries out, “Woe is me!” While doing so he becomes aware and begins to scrutinize himself: Where am I holding? Who is crying out like this? Isn’t it “Woe is me”?—literally, “me!” And he begins to cry out a second time, “Woe is me!”—especially “me!”
וְאַף שֶׁבַּתְּחִלָּה נִדְמֶה לוֹ כְּאִלּוּ גַּם־כֵּן אוֹמֵר בֶּאֱמֶת כָּרָאוּי, עִם כָּל זֶה אַחַר־כָּךְ רוֹאִין הַהֶפְרֵשׁ בֵּין קֹדֶם לְאַחַר כָּךְ, וְהָבֵן:
And although initially as well it seemed to him as if he were crying out honestly, as necessary, still, he afterwards sees the difference between before and after. Understand this.