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| Source (Hebrew) | Translation (English) |
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אֲגַדֶּלְךָ אֱלֹהֵי כָּל נְשָׁמָה וְאוֹדְךָ בְּרֺב פַּחַד וְאֵימָה |
I will praise You, God of all souls and I will thank you with great fear and awe. |
בְּעָמְדִי תּוֹךְ קְהָלְךָ צוּר לְרוֹמֵם לְךָ אֶכְרַע וְאֶכּוֹף ראֺשׁ וְקוֹמָה |
As I stand among your worshipers, Lord, and exalt you before you I will kneel and bow head and body |
רְקִיעֵי רוֹם הֲלֹא נָטָה בְמִבְטָא וְהָאָרֶץ יְסָדָהּ עַל בְּלִימָה |
The high heavens – Has He not stretched them forth with His speech? and the earth He founded upon nothingness |
הֲיוּכַל אִישׁ חֲקוֹר אֶת סוֹד יוֹצְרוֹ וּמִי הוּא זֶה בְּכָל קֵדְמָה וְיָמָּה |
Can a man explore the secret of his Creator? and who is He at the far ends of the East and West? |
מְרוֹמָם הוּא עֲלֵי כָל פֶּה וְלָשׁוֹן אֲשֶׁר הִפְלִיא וְעָשָׂה כֹּל בְּחָכְמָה |
He is exalted by every mouth and tongue he who did wonders, and has done all with wisdom |
וְיִתְגַּדַּל בְּגוֹי קָדוֹשׁ וְעֶלְיוֹן וְיִתְקַדַּשׁ שְׁמֵיהּ רַבָּא בְּעָלְמָא |
His name will be magnified among the holy nation may His great name be sanctified in His world! |
The piyyut, “Agadelkha” was composed by Avraham ibn Ezra. The English translation was made by Sara-Kinneret Lapidot as published in Invitation to Piyut North America: 18 Piyutim & Mizmorim (Piyyut NA & B’nai Jeshurun, 2010), p.63. –Aharon Varady
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