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“Aryeh Shâăg” is the second reshut offered before Barukh sheAmar at the outset of the Zemirot (preceding Shaḥarit) on Shabbat Ḥazon — the final shabbat before 9 Av. It is the second reshut among the reshuyot in the Old Sefaradi Tiqun for Shabbat Ḥazon.
| Source (Hebrew) | Translation (English) |
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אַרְיֵה שָׁאַג וְעָלָה בְאַפּוֹ וְעָשָׂה רְצוֹנוֹ בְּאַף הֵעִיר קִצְפּוֹ וְרָמַס וְטָרַף בְּרַגְלוֹ וְכַפּוֹ זְקֵנִים וּנְעָרִים בְּתוֹךְ הֵיכָל וְאוּלָם׃ בָּרוּךְ שֶׁאָמַר וְהָיָה הָעוֹלָם׃ |
A lion roared and rose, enraged And angrily did its will, its anger engaged, And with its foot and hand trampled and rampaged, old and young in palace and sanctum fricasseeing. Blessed be the One who spoke existence into being! |
רֹאשִׁי יָשַׁב בֵּין תַּנּוּר וְכִירַֽיִם וְעֵינִי נִתַּךְ דִּמְעָתָהּ כַּמַּֽיִם עַל־הֲרוּגִים וּשְׁבוּיִם וְיוֹנְקִי שָׁדַֽיִם מְאֹד אֶשְׁתּוֹמֵם מְאֹד אֲנִי נִכְלָם׃ בָּרוּךְ… |
Between the oven and stove[1] Find Taanit 30b, where it states that R.Yehuda bar Ilai would stay in this uncomfortably hot space during the night before the Ninth of Av. sat my head And my eyes melted with tears, like water, for the dead those killed, taken captive, babies still breast-fed! I am utterly distraught, lacking any wellbeing. Blessed… |
הַצֹּאן נְפוּצִים וְרוֹעֶה אֵין לָהֶם וְהָלְכוּ בְּכׇל־פִּנָּה וְנֻתְּצוּ מֵרִבְצֵיהֶן וּפָֽגְעוּ־בָם אֲרָיוֹת וְטָרְפוּ עוֹלְלֵיהֶן אַיֵּה אֵיפֹה רוֹעִי מִמֶּֽנִּי נֶעְלָם׃ בָּרוּךְ… |
The flock is scattered, without a shepherd for them, They went every which way, their resting-places condemned, And lions tore up their little ones in attacking them. Where, o where is my shepherd? Not in my seeing! Blessed… |
בְּתוּלוֹת עֲגוּנוֹת אַלְמָנוֹת וְתַנּוֹת וְאִמּוֹת שְׁכוּלוֹת מִבָּנִים וּבָנוֹת וְעָֽשׂוּ אֵֽבֶל וְקִינִים וְקִינוֹת וְנָשְׂאוּ לִבָּם וְעֵינָם לְאֵל עוֹלָם׃ בָּרוּךְ… |
Virgins, chained women, widows, and wailing ones,[2] Referring to professional mourners Mothers bereft of their daughters and sons, Mourning, keening and lamenting they begun, Raising their hearts and eyes to the Deity all-seeing. Blessed… |
אֶעֱמֹד עַל־מִשְׁמָר כִּי נִלְכְּדָה רַגְלִי וְשַׁדַּי לִי הֵמַר וַעֲזָבַֽנִי כֹּחִי וּלִּבִּי חֳמַרְמַר וְאָפְסוּ יְמֵי חֶלְדִּי בְּעִנְיָן רַע וָמָר אָמְרָה לְאֻמִּי כִּי צוּר שְׁכֵחַֽנִי אֱלֹהֵי עוֹלָם׃ בָּרוּךְ… |
I will stand watch, though my foot is not free, The Surveyor has embittered me,[3] Find Ruth 1:20 and Job 27:2 my strength has left me And my heart burns as my lifespan has exhausted me, Of this bitter bad matter to my people I plea, Has the Rock forgotten me, the God of all being? Blessed… |
Notes
“אַרְיֵה שָׁאַג | Aryeh Shâăg — reshut №2 from the Old Sefaradi Tiqun for Shabbat Ḥazon” is shared through the Open Siddur Project under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license.
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