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“Halanofelim Tequmah” is the second reshut offered before Nishmat at the outset of Shaḥarit (concluding the Zemirot). It is the fourth reshut among the reshuyot in the Old Sefaradi Tiqun for Shabbat Ḥazon — the final shabbat before 9 Av.
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הֲלַנֹּפְלִים תְּקוּמָה מִבּוֹר עֳנִי הׇטְבָּֽעוּ בּוֹ וְאִם יֵשׁ תְּרוּמָה לַיֹּרְדֵי בוֹר וְדוּמָה׃ |
Can the fallen rise from the sorrow-pit where they drown? And is there cheer for those who to the silence-pit go down? |
יוֹם חָרַב דְּבִירִי אַל תָּבוֹא בוֹ רְנָנָה כִּי נֶהְפַּךְ הֲדָרִי קָלוֹן וְשִׁירִי לְקִינָה וַיֶחֱשַׁךְ מְאוֹרִי וְתִשְׁכֹּן עָלָיו עֲנָנָה גַּם סַֽהַר וְחַמָּה בִּקְצֵה זְבוּל נִשְׁקָֽעוּ וְכוֹכְבֵי עָשׁ וְכִימָה יָרְדוּ לְתַחְתִּית אֲדָמָה׃ הֲלַנֹּפְלִים… |
Joyless day of my sanctum’s ruin, upon it come no cheering! For my glory turned askew into shame, my song to blearing! My light has darkened through in upon it cloud appearing. At the welkin’s edge Luna and Sol sank sundown Ursa and the Pleiades’ stars to the earth’s depths went down. Can the fallen rise… |
הֲיֵשׁ אַחֲרִית וְתִכְלָה לָשׁוּב שְׁבוּת גָּלוּתִי וְאִם־תִּהְיֶה תְעָלָה לִי מִכְּאֵב מַחֲלָתִי בְּנֵי סְבָא וַחֲוִילָה יָרְשׁוּ גְּבוּל נַחֲלָתִי וּמָנַחַת וְתֵימָא תּוֹךְ אָהֳלִי יִרְגָּֽעוּ וָאֱהִי לְשַׁמָּה בִּידֵי נְבָיוֹת וְשַׁמָּה׃ הֲלַנֹּפְלִים… |
Ultimately is there an end to return my exiled captivity? And if there is, then will it mend my painful sensitivity? The Berbers[1] Literally, Sva and Ḥavila, the children of Kush according to Genesis 10:7. According to midrashic geography, they were the Berber peoples of Mauritania, Tripolitania, and Libya. ascend, taking my borders since nativity, And Manaḥat and Tema[2] A descendant of Seir (Genesis 36:23) and Ishmael (Genesis 25:15), referring to Christians and Muslims respectively in to my tent lie around, While by Nevayot and Shamma’s[3] A descendant of Ishmael (Genesis 25:13) and Esau (Genesis 36:13), referring to Muslims and Christains respectively. hands I am lain to ground! Can the fallen rise… |
וְעַד אָנָה אֱלֹהִים לִי תֶחֱרַשׁ וְתֶחֱשֶׁה וּבָנֶֽיךָ תְּמֵהִים נָפְלוּ כְצִפּוֹר בְּמוֹקְשֵׁי צָר תֹּהִים וְרֹהִים בִּידֵי אֲדֹנִים קָשֶׁה קוּם וַעֲשֵׂה נְקָמָה בָּהֶם וְהֵם יִכְנָֽעוּ וּלְמִגְדָּל וְחוֹמָה תִּהְיֶה לְלֹא רֻחָמָה׃ הֲלַנֹּפְלִים… |
Deafened, o God, and taciturn will You be at me how long? Your startled children are interned like netted birds of song, Foe-trapped, trembling, they churn, handed to masters strong. Arise, do vengeance on them, let the be beaten down! And may the unpitied[4] Israel. Find Hosea 2:25 be like a towering walled town. Can the fallen rise… |
דְּלֵה מִבּוֹר יְגוֹנָם עַם קֶצְפְּךָ נָשָֽׂאוּ כִּי לִבָּם וְעֵינָם מוּל כִּסְאֲךָ נָשָֽׂאוּ וְהוֹצֵא אֶת־הֲמוֹנָם מִבֵּית כֶּֽלֶא הׇחְבָּאוּ כְּמֵאָז וּבְיָד רָמָה אֶל־בֵּיתְךָ יִסָּֽעוּ מִתֵּימָן וְקֵדְמָה מִבֵּין חֲדַד וְתֵימָא׃ הֲלַנֹּפְלִים… |
Ascent from their despairing pit grant Your wrath-bearing folk, For their hearts and eyes commit to Your throne to invoke. Their crowds that in the jailhouse sit bring out! Again convoke as, by hand outstretched, they once were to Your house bound, from the south and west, from Ḥadad and Tema’s ground.[5] Two sons of Ishmael mentioned in Genesis 25:15 Can the fallen rise… |
הוֹסֵף יָד יְדוּעָה לִקְנוֹת שְׁאֵרִית יוֹסֵף וְצוֹלֵעָה וְתוֹעָה לִצְבִי אֲרָצוֹת תְּאַסֵּף וְכׇל־נֶֽפֶשׁ בְּדֵעָה לְעׇבְדֶֽךָ תִּכָּסֵף וּבְפַֽחַד וְאֵימָה יוֹם יוֹם לְךָ יִכְרָֽעוּ כׇּל־בֶּֽרֶךְ וְקוֹמָה וּתְהַלֵּל כׇּל־נְשָׁמָה׃ |
Hand over another vivid sign[6] Literally “known hand,” referring here to a prominent memorial — akin to those of the Exodus from Egypt. to acquire Joseph’s relic, That the limping wanderers be enshrined in the land angelic, And all souls of sense will pine to serve You, no more infidelic, And in terror and in awe each day to You they will bow down, Every knee and back, every soul with praising sound! |
Notes
| 1 | Literally, Sva and Ḥavila, the children of Kush according to Genesis 10:7. According to midrashic geography, they were the Berber peoples of Mauritania, Tripolitania, and Libya. |
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| 2 | A descendant of Seir (Genesis 36:23) and Ishmael (Genesis 25:15), referring to Christians and Muslims respectively |
| 3 | A descendant of Ishmael (Genesis 25:13) and Esau (Genesis 36:13), referring to Muslims and Christains respectively. |
| 4 | Israel. Find Hosea 2:25 |
| 5 | Two sons of Ishmael mentioned in Genesis 25:15 |
| 6 | Literally “known hand,” referring here to a prominent memorial — akin to those of the Exodus from Egypt. |
“הֲלַנֹּפְלִים תְּקוּמָה | Halanofəlim Tequmah — reshut №4 from the Old Sefaradi Tiqun for Shabbat Ḥazon, by Yehudah ha-Levi” 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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