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| Source (German) | Translation (English) |
|---|---|
Am Geburtsfeste des Vaters. |
On one’s Father’s Birthday. |
Unter Deinem Schutze, Barmberziger Gott, bin ich heute besonders froh erwacht, indem ich meinen Vater gesund erblicke, dem Deine Güte an dem heutigen Tage das Leben gab. |
Under Your protection, Almighty God, I awoke today especially joyful, seeing my father healthy, to whom Your goodness gave life on this day. |
O wie liebst Du mich, Dein Kind, daß Du mir meinen Vater bis heute erhalten, dem ich von meiner zarteften Kindheit an so viele Wohlthaten zu verdanken habe, und der meinetwegen noch jetzt so viele Opfer bringet. |
Oh, how You love me, Your child, that You have preserved my father until today, to whom I owe so many benefits from my tender childhood, and who still makes so many sacrifices for my sake. |
Barmherziger Gott, der Du so gerne das Gebet son Kindern vernimmst, echöre mich doch und erhalte mir meinen guten Vater noch lange! Erleichtere ihm des Lebens Lasten und Sorgen und lasse ihn seinen Lebensweg froh dahin gehen. |
Merciful God, who so gladly hears the prayers of children, hear me and preserve my good father for a long time to come! Ease his life’s burdens and worries and let him go along his life’s path joyfully. |
Mich aber kräftige und segne, guter Gott, daß ich in den Stand gesezt werde, durch Liebe, Fleiß und gute Aufführung ihm das Leben zu versüßen und von den vielen tausenden mir erzeigten Wohlthaten, ihm wenigstens einige durch die That zu vergelten. Amen. |
But strengthen and bless me, good God, that I may be put in a position to sweeten his life through love, diligence and good performance and to repay him at least some of the many thousands of good deeds done to me. Amen. |
“[Gebete] Am Geburtsfeste des Vaters” was written by Rabbi Benjamin Szold and included in his הגיון לב Israelitisches Gebetbuch für die häusliche Andacht (1867), page 251.
We welcome corrections and improvements. The transcription of the German from Latin script in Fraktur type provided machine-readable text for a machine translation by DeepL, which we then edited for accuracy and clarity. –Aharon Varady
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