דְּרוֹר יִקְרָא | D’ror Yiqra, a piyyut by Dunash ben Labrat haLevi (ca. 10th c.)

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Source (Hebrew)	Translation (English)
דְּרוֹר יִקְרָא לְבֵן עִם בַּת, וְיִנְצָרְכֶם כְּמוֹ בָבַת, נְעִים שִׁמְכֶם וְלֹא יֻשְׁבַּת, שְׁבוּ וְנֽוּחוּ בְּיוֹם שַׁבָּת.	Freedom shall He proclaim for His sons and daughters and will keep you as the apple of his eye Pleasant is your name and will not cease to be repose and rest on the Shabbat day
דְּרוֹשׁ נָוִי וְאוּלָמִי, וְאוֹת יֶֽשַׁע עֲשֵׂה עִמִּי, נְטַע שׂוֹרֵק בְּתוֹךְ כַּרְמִי, שְׁעֵה שַׁוְעַת בְּנֵי עַמִּי.	Seek my home and my temple and give me a sign of deliverance Plant a choice vine in my vineyard turn to the need of my people
דְּרוֹךְ פּוּרָה בְּתוֹךְ בָּצְרָה, וְגַם בָּבֶל אֲשֶׁר גָּבְרָה, נְתוֹץ צָרַי בְּאַף וְעֶבְרָה, שְׁמַע קוֹלִי בְּיוֹם אֶקְרָא.	Tread the wine-press in Botsrah and also Babylon who overpowered Crush my enemies in anger and fury hear my voice on the day I call out
אֱלֹהִים תֵּן בַּמִּדְבָּר הַר, הֲדַס שִׁטָּה בְּרוֹשׁ תִּדְהָר, וְלַמַּזְהִיר וְלַנִּזְהָר, שְׁלוֹמִים תֵּן כְּמֵי נָהָר.	Elohim, let the dessert bloom like a mountain myrtle, acacia, cypress and elm To those who counsel and to those who are cautious give peace as flowing as a river’s waters
הֲדוֹךְ קָמַי אֵל קַנָּא, בְּמוֹג לֵבָב וּבַמְּגִנָּה, וְנַרְחִיב פֶּה וּנְמַלֶּֽאנָה, לְשׁוֹנֵנוּ לְךָ רִנָּה.	Conquer those who rise against me, Oh zealous God fill their hearts with fear and despair Then we shall open our mouths and fill our tongues with Your joyful song
דְּעֵה חָכְמָה לְנַפְשֶׁךָ, וְהִיא כֶֽתֶר לְרֹאשֶׁךָ, נְצוֹר מִצְוַת קְדוֹשֶׁךָ, שְׁמוֹר שַׁבַּת קָדְשֶׁךָ.	Know wisdom for your soul and it shall be a crown upon your head Keep the commandment of your Holy One observe the Shabbat, your sacred day

The piyyut, “D’ror Yiqra” was written by Dunash ben Labrat (ca. 10th c.). The English translation was made by Sara-Kinneret Lapidot as published in the Invitation to Piyut North America: 18 Piyutim & Mizmorim (2010), p.67. –Aharon Varady

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Sara Lapidot (translation)

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Dunash ben Labrat haLevi

Dunash ha-Levi ben Labrat (דוֹנָש הלוי בֵּן לָבְרָט‎; Arabic: دناش بن لبراط‎, b. 920,925 - d. after 985) was a medieval Jewish commentator, poet, and grammarian of the Golden age of Jewish culture in Spain.

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