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“Yom Nilḥamu Vi” is the reshut offered before the Barkhu preceding the Shaḥarit blessings before the Shema. It is the eighth reshut among the reshuyot in the Old Sefaradi Tiqun for Shabbat Ḥazon — the final shabbat before 9 Av.
| Source (Hebrew) | Translation (English) |
|---|---|
יוֹם נִלְחֲמוּ בִי יַֽחַד שְׁכֵנַי חַסְדֵי יְהֹוָה הָיוּ אֲזֵנָי׃ |
From the day my neighbors together battled to do me harm, the Cause’s mercies have been my arm. |
אֶעְרֹג כְּאַיָּלִים עַל־אֲפִיקִים עַל־רוּם מְשַׂנְאִים כִּבְנֵי עֲנָקִים קָדְרוּ מְאוֹרֵי אוֹר בַּשְּׁחָקִים שָׁחָה אֲלוּמַּת בָּנַי וּפָנַי נָפְלוּ וְאֵין לִי חֵֽפֶץ בְּשָׁנָי׃ יוֹם… |
Allow me to groan, like gazelles at the pool, At the height of the giant-like hateful and cruel. The heavenly lights’s glow turned to crepuscule, My children’s sheaves bent, and my face in alarm Fell, I have in my years no more charm. From… |
בָּנַי יְתוֹמִים בְּחֵי אֲבִיהֶם וּמְכַֽחֲשֵׁי־אֵל הָמוּ עֲלֵיהֶם שָׁפְכוּ כְּמַֽיִם דַּם עוֹלֲלֵיהֶם עַל־עֵץ הֲמוֹנַי תָּלוּ לְפָנָי וַיְרַטְּשׁוּ אֵם עַל־בֵּן לְעֵינָי׃ יוֹם… |
Bereft my children orphaned in their parents’ life, and Deity-mockers overwhelmed them with strife, Spilling their infants’ blood like water with their knife, Before me on many threes they hang and they harm And rip up mother and child with unpitying arm. From… |
רַבּוֹת קְרָאֽוּנִי מֵאֵין סְפוֹרוֹת מֵֽתוּ רְעֵבוֹת נָשִׁים יְקָרוֹת הָיוּ בְנֵיהֶם לָהֶן לְבָרוֹת סָפוּ בְּאַוַּת לֶֽחֶם קְטַנָּי הַעַל־אֵ֥לֶּה תִתְאַפַּ֖ק יְהֹוָ֑ה׃ יוֹם… |
Rapine came against me on countless occasions, Honored women died from starvations, Their children to prey for wildlife predations, My little ones from want of bread ended in harm. At all this, Cause, will You still not raise Your arm?[1] Literally: “for this will You hold Yourself back.” Isaiah 64:11 From… |
הַנֶּהֱרָגִים בְּרַגְלָם סְחָבוּם עַל־עֵץ תְּלָאוּם שָׁמָּה עֲזָבוּם בָּנוֹת עֲדִינוֹת שׁוֹבִים שְׁבָבוּם הִתְאַבְּלוּ עַל־אֵֽלֶּה זְקֵנָי מוֹעֵד וְשַׁבָּת שִׁכַּח יְהֹוָה׃ יוֹם… |
Hauling the murdered ones by their feet, They hanged them there, left them in the he heat; Returning once-strayed daughters sweet, Were mourning my elders who bought the farm. Sabbath and festival the Cause did disarm! From… |
מָתַי בְּאוֹיְבַי אֶרְאֶה נְקָמוֹת בָּנִים תְּקַבֵּץ מִקְצֵה אֲדָמוֹת תָּשׁוּב וְתוֹשִׁיב עָרִים נְשָׁמוֹת יְשִׁירוּן בְּבֵיתָךְ שָׁרַי וְנוֹגְנַי וִיבָרְכוּ אֶת־שִׁמְךָ יְהֹוָה׃ יְשִׁירוּן… |
My enemies, when will I see vengeance upon them?[2] In some texts, מָתַי לָאֲבֵלִים תַּשְׁמִֽיעַ נֶחָמוֹת — Mourners, when will You tell them comfort? A euphemistic rewrite. Gather my children from lands far beyond them Return in repentance the cities long-gone, then In Your house musicians and singers with sing to applause, And bless Your name, o Cause. In Your house… |
Notes
“יוֹם נִלְחֲמוּ בִי | Yom Nilḥamu Vi — reshut №8 from the Old Sefaradi Tiqun for Shabbat Ḥazon, by Avraham ibn-Ezra” 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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