יָהּ רִבּוֹן | Yah Ribōn, a piyyuṭ by Rabbi Yisrael Najara (16th c.) rhyming translation by Israel Abrahams (1914)

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16th century C.E., 54th century A.M., acrostic, Acrostic signature, Aramaic, פיוטים piyyuṭim, rhyming translation, יה רבון Yah Ribon, זמירות zemirot

Source (Aramaic)	Translation (English)
יָהּ רִבּוֹן עָלַם וְעָלְמַיָּא אַנְתְּ הוּא מַלְכָּא מֶֽלֶךְ מַלְכַיָּא עוֹבָדֵי גְּבוּרְתֵּךְ וְתִמְהַיָּא שְׁפַר קֳדָמַי לְהַחֲוָיָּא׃ (דניאל ג:לב חלק)	God of the World, eternity’s sole Lord! King over kings, be now thy Name adored! Blessed are we to whom thou dost accord This gladsome time thy wondrous ways to scan!
שְׁבָחִין אֲסַדֵּר צַפְרָא וְרַמְשָׁא לָךְ אֱלָהָא קַדִּישָׁא דִּי בְּרָא כָּל נַפְשָׁא עִירִין קַדִּישִׁין וּבְנֵי אֱנָשָׁא חֵיוַת בָּרָא וְעוֹפֵי שְׁמַיָּא׃	Early and late to thee our praises ring, Giver of life to every living thing! Beasts of the field, and birds that heavenward wing, Angelic hosts and all the sons of man!
רַבְרְבִין עוֹבָדָךְ וְתַקִּיפִין מָכִיךְ רָמַיָּא זַקִּיף כְּפִיפִין לוּ יְחִי גְבַר שְׁנִין אַלְפִין לָא יֵעוֹל גְּבוּרְתָּךְ בְּחוּשְׁבְּנַיָּא׃	Though we on earth a thousand years should dwell, Too brief the space, thy marvels forth to tell! Pride thou didst lower, all the weak who fell Thy hand raised up e’er since the world began!
אֱלָהָא דִּי לֵיהּ יְקַר וּרְבוּתָא פְּרוֹק יַת עָנָךְ מִפֻּם אַרְיָוָתָא וְאַפֵּיק יַת עַמָּךְ מִגּוֹ גָלוּתָא עַמָּךְ דִּי בְחַרְתְּ מִכָּל אֻמַּיָּא׃	Thine is the power, thine the glory be! When lions rage, O deign thy flock to free! Thine exiled sons O take once more to thee, Choose them again as in thine ancient plan!
לְמִקְדָּשָׁךְ תּוּב וּלְקֹֽדֶשׁ קֻדְשִׁין אֲתַר דִּי בֵהּ יֶחֱדוּן רוּחִין וְנַפְשִׁין וִיזַמְּרוּן לָךְ שִׁירִין וְרַחֲשִׁין בִּירוּשְׁלֵם קַרְתָּא דְשֻׁפְרַיָּא׃	Turn to thy city, Ẓion’s sacred shrine! On yon fair mount again let beauty shine! There, happy throngs their voices shall combine, There, present joy all former ill shall ban!

The piyyut “Yah Ribon Olam” was composed by Rabbi Yisrael Najara (1555-1625). The rhyming English translation here was made by Israel Abrahams and published in his Companion to the Authorised Daily Prayer Book (1914, 1922). –Aharon Varady

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Israel Abrahams (translation)

Israel Abrahams, MA (honoris causa) (b. London, November 26, 1858; d. Cambridge, October 6, 1925) was one of the most distinguished Jewish scholars of his generation. He wrote a number of classics on Judaism, most notably, Jewish Life in the Middle Ages (1896). In 1902, after teaching for several years at Jews' College, Abrahams succeeded Solomon Schechter, who was moving to New York to head the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, as reader in Talmudic and Rabbinic literature at the University of Cambridge. He received the honorary degree Master of Arts (MA) from the University in late May 1902. In 1914, he published A Companion to the Authorised Prayer Book, a helpful commentary on and supplement to the prayer book compiled by Rabbi Simeon Singer.

Yisrael Najara

Yisrael ben Mosheh Najara (Hebrew: ישראל בן משה נאג'ארה; Arabic: إسرائيل بن موسى النجارة‎, Isra'il bin Musa al-Najara; c. 1555, Safed, Ottoman Empire – c. 1625, Gaza, Ottoman Empire) was a prolific Jewish liturgical poet, preacher, Biblical commentator, kabbalist, and rabbi of Gaza.

Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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