בּוֹרֵא עַד אָנָּה | Boré ‘ad Anah — reshut №10 from the Old Sefaradi Tiqun for Shabbat Ḥazon, by a certain Binyamin

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“Boré ‘ad Anah” is the second reshut offered before the Torah service following Shaḥarit. It is the tenth reshut among the reshuyot in the Old Sefaradi Tiqun for Shabbat Ḥazon — the final shabbat before 9 Av.

Source (Hebrew)	Translation (English)
בּוֹרֵא עַד אָנָּה יוֹנָתְךָ בִּמְצוּדָה תּוֹךְ פַּח הַמּוֹקֵשׁ עֲנִיָּה וּמְרוּדָה וּבְלִי בָנֶֽיהָ יוֹשֶֽׁבֶת גַּלְמוּדָה צוֹעֶֽקֶת אָבִי׃ אָבִי! אָבִי! אָבִי! יוֹשֶֽׁבֶת גַּלְמוּדָה צוֹעֶֽקֶת אָבִי׃	Beginning One, how long will Your dove be in the net In the trap of the fowler, suffering in regret, and without her children, sitting lonely, beset, She cries “Dad! Dad! Dad! Dad!” Sitting lonely, beset, she cries, “Dad!”
נָעָה גַּם נָדָה מִקִּנָּהּ הַיּוֹנָה וּלְקֶֽרַח וְחֹֽרֶב יוֹם וָלַֽיְלָה חוֹנָה הִיא מִתְחַרֶֽדֶת מֵחֶֽרֶב הַיּוֹנָה מִשִּׁנֵּי לָבִיא׃ אָבִי! אָבִי! אָבִי! יוֹשֶֽׁבֶת גַּלְמוּדָה צוֹעֶֽקֶת אָבִי׃	Nomadic, wandering from her nest is the dove And in cold and heat, day and night camps above, Afraid of the sword and its oppression thereof, Of toothed lions fur-clad. “Dad! Dad! Dad!” Sitting lonely, beset, she cries, “Dad!”
יָהּ עֵת עָזַבְתָּ אוֹתָהּ בְיַד טוֹרֵף אָכַל הַצַּוָּאר וּמָלַק הָעֹֽרֶף עָבְרוּ הַשָּׁנִים גַּם־קַֽיִץ גַּם־חֹֽרֶף אֶשָּׂא עֹל אוֹיְבִי׃ אָבִי! אָבִי! אָבִי! יוֹשֶֽׁבֶת גַּלְמוּדָה צוֹעֶֽקֶת אָבִי׃	Just as You, Yah, left her in the predator’s hand trapped, It ate the neck and the nape it snapped. Summer and winter, years passed and lapped, My foes’ yoke I had. “Dad! Dad! Dad!” Sitting lonely, beset, she cries, “Dad!”
מִי יִתֵּן אֵלֶֽיהָ אֵֽבֶר כַּנְּשָׁרִים לָעוּף בִּגְבָעוֹת וּלְדַלֵּג בֶּהָרִים לָבוֹא עִם־דּוֹדָהּ אֶל־תּוֹךְ הַחֲדָרִים אָז אֶשְׁכַּח עָצְבִּי׃ אָבִי! אָבִי! אָבִי! יוֹשֶֽׁבֶת גַּלְמוּדָה צוֹעֶֽקֶת אָבִי׃	May she be given eagle-like wings, To fly in the hills between mountains like kings, To go with her Lover to the innermost things So I forget I am sad. “Dad! Dad! Dad!” Sitting lonely, beset, she cries, “Dad!”
יוֹעֲצִים עָלֶֽיהָ עֵצוֹת הִיא אֲנוּשָׁה זָרִים אַכְזָרִים שָׂמֽוּהָ חֲלוּשָׁה בְּעֹל כָּבֵד בְּחֶרְפָּה וּבוּשָׁה גָּדוֹל מַכְאוֹבִי׃ אָבִי! אָבִי! אָבִי! יוֹשֶֽׁבֶת גַּלְמוּדָה צוֹעֶֽקֶת אָבִי׃	Incurable schemes against her they frame, Crue strangers set her to defeat and defame With a heavy yoke, with disgrace and shame.^[1] Some older texts here read זָרִים הָעוֹבְדִים / אֱלִילִים שְׁלֹשָׁה / אָב וּבֵן וְרֽוּחַ / כִּי אֵין לָהֶם בּוּשָׁה “strangers worshipping three false-gods by name: / father, son, and spirit, for they have no shame” — a blatantly antitrinitarian passage that was almost certainly censored purposefully. My pain is so bad. “Dad! Dad! Dad!” Sitting lonely, beset, she cries, “Dad!”
נַחֵם עַל־לִבָּהּ אֵל שׁוֹכֵן בִּמְרוֹמִים דַּבֵּר נֶחָמָה עַל לֵב הָעֲגוּמִים קַבֵּץ נִדָּחִים פְּזוּרִים בָּעַמִּים וְגוֹאֵל תָּבִיא׃ וְגוֹאֵל תָּבִיא׃	Now comfort her heart, Deity dwelling on high, Speak comfort to the heart of those who sorrowfully sigh, Gather the scattered who wandered awry, And bring the redeeming lad. And bring the redeeming lad!

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1	Some older texts here read זָרִים הָעוֹבְדִים / אֱלִילִים שְׁלֹשָׁה / אָב וּבֵן וְרֽוּחַ / כִּי אֵין לָהֶם בּוּשָׁה “strangers worshipping three false-gods by name: / father, son, and spirit, for they have no shame” — a blatantly antitrinitarian passage that was almost certainly censored purposefully.

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