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		<title>הֵצִיץ וָמֵת &#124; He Gazed and Died, a poem on the death of the sage Shimon ben Azzai by Ḥayyim Naḥman Bialik (1916)</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[A poem describing the ascent and death of the Tannaitic sage, Shimon ben Azzai.]]></description>
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<div class="liturgy" lang="heb-Hebr">
הֵצִיץ וָמֵת
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<u>He Gazed and Died</u>
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הוּא נִכְנַס אֶל גִּנְזֵי הַפַּרְדֵּס וּבְיָדוֹ לַפִּידוֹ –<br />
וַחֲמִשִּׁים לַפַּרְדֵּס שְׁעָרִים,<br />
וּבְכֹל נְתִיבוֹתָיו חַתְחַתִּים: תְּהוֹמֵי תְהוֹמוֹת<br />
וְהַרְרֵי הָרִים;
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He entered the orchard, the torch in his hand.<br />
Fifty gates!<br />
And paths full of pitfalls —<br />
sheer canyons, steep cliffs.
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וְלַהַט הַחֲרָבוֹת בַּשְּׁעָרִים, וְאַחֲרֵי הַמְּזוּזוֹת<br />
הַנְּחָשִׁים לְמוֹ־אָרֶב –<br />
וְהוּא עָבַר שָׁלוֹם בֵּין כֻּלָּם, פָּסֹחַ עַל־נְחָשִׁים<br />
וְחָמֹק מִתַּחַת לֶחָרֶב.
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Swords flashed at the gates; behind portals<br />
ambush of snakes.<br />
He passed the snakes safely,<br />
eluded the swords.
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לִפְנַי וְלִפְנִים נֶחְפַּז לָבֹא וּלְפָנָיו לַפִּידוֹ.<br />
מִשְׁתָּאִים, מַחֲרִישִׁים<br />
נָסוֹגוּ תַרְשִׁישִׁים: עַז־נֶפֶשׁ, הֲיַהֲרֹס לָבֹא<br />
עַד שַׁעַר הַחֲמִשִּׁים?
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He sped to the centre, the torch in his hand.<br />
Amazed, the seraphs<br />
fell back: Will he dare<br />
the fiftieth gate?
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הוּא יַהֲרֹס! – וַיָּבֹא אֶל גִּנְזֵי הַגְּנָזִים,<br />
לֹא־דָרַךְ עוֹד זָר שָׁם,<br />
וַיַּחְתֹּר עַד־גְּבוּלוֹת אֵין גְּבוּלוֹת, מְקוֹם הַהֲפָכִים<br />
יִתְאַחֲדוּ בְשָׁרְשָׁם.
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He will! To the treasure of treasures<br />
where no stranger treads;<br />
and pressed on to the limit<br />
where contraries mix.
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וַיּוֹסֶף וַיַּחְתֹּר, וַיִּמְצָא הַיָּשָׁר בַּשְּׁבִילִים –<br />
הֶעָקֹם,<br />
וַיֵּט בּוֹ, וַיָּבֹא בְּאַחַד הַזְּמַנִּים עַד־מָקוֹם –<br />
אֵין זְמַן וְאֵין מָקוֹם.
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And on, to the straightest of paths<br />
now crooked,<br />
coming soon to a place<br />
beyond time, beyond space.
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עַד כְּלוֹת אוֹר עִם־חֹשֶׁךְ הִגִּיעַ, עַד אַפְסֵי הַתֹּהוּ,<br />
לֹא-שָׁלְטָה בָם עַיִן –<br />
וְשַׁעַר הַחֲמִשִּׁים, הָאַחֲרוֹן – אֲהָהּ, אֵל מִסְתַּתֵּר –<br />
מָה רָחוֹק עֲדַיִן!
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In the dark at the end of the eyeless light<br />
at the edge of the void,<br />
the fiftieth gate:<br />
the absence of God.
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וְדֹעֵךְ הַלַּפִּיד וְדֹעֵךְ.  הַדְּרָכִים מִשְׁתַּבְּשִׁים,<br />
הַשְּׁבִילִים מִתְעַקְּלִים –<br />
וְכֻלָּם רַק פְּרֹזְדוֹר לִפְרֹזְדוֹר – וְאֵי אַחֲרוֹן הַשְּׁעָרִים?<br />
וְאֵי עֶצֶם הַטְּרַקְלִין?
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His torch guttered. Paths decayed.<br />
A labyrinth of trails.<br />
Where were the gates?<br />
The pleasaunce itself?
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וּכְבָר עָיְפָה נַפְשׁוֹ מֵחֲתֹר. לֹא־נֶאֱמַן אוֹר עֵינָיו<br />
וְרוּחוֹ לֹא נָכוֹן;<br />
וַיְהִי כִּי לֹא־יָכֹל עוֹד לֶכֶת עַל־שְׁתַּיִם קוֹמְמִיּוּת –<br />
וַיִּזְחַל עַל־גָּחוֹן.
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He tired of the struggle. Light failed.<br />
His spirit flagged.<br />
He could stand no longer.<br />
He crawled on his belly.
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וּבְלַחֲכוֹ עָפָר, עַל־שְׂפָתָיו עוֹד תְּחִנָּה אַחֲרוֹנָה<br />
בּוֹעֶרֶת בְּלִי־חָשָׂךְ:<br />
&#8220;לוּ אָבֹא עַד שַׁעַר הַחֲמִשִּׁים, אַךְ־רֶגַע לוּא אָצִיץ<br />
מֵעֵבֶר לַמָּסָךְ.&#8221;
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He licked the dust, lips burned,<br />
eyes begged<br />
for the fiftieth gate —<br />
and beyond.
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הַתְּפִלָּה נִשְׁמָעָה; וּבְטֶרֶם הַלַּפִּיד הַדּוֹעֵךְ<br />
עַד־קִצּוֹ יַגִּיעַ –<br />
וְשַׁעַר הַחֲמִשִּׁים, כְּלִיל אַבְנֵי הַשַּׁיִשׁ הַטָּהוֹר,<br />
לְפָנָיו הוֹפִיעַ.
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The prayer was heard. In the dying light<br />
of his guttering torch—<br />
pure marble stone:<br />
the fiftieth gate.
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רוֹעֶדֶת הַיָּד, מֻכַּת זֹהַר הָעָיִן –הֲלִדְפֹּק?<br />
עוֹד רֶגַע הִתְאַפֵּק,<br />
וּפִתְאֹם הִתְחַזֵּק וַיָּעָז, וַיָּקָם מִזְּחֹל –<br />
וַיִּתְדַּפֵּק.
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His eyes went blind. Hands shook. Should he ask?<br />
He paused, then stood,<br />
took courage<br />
and dared.
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אָז יִכְבֶּה הַלַּפִּיד, וְדַלְתוֹת הַשַּׁעַר נִפְתָּחוּ –<br />
וַיָּצֶץ שָׁם פְּנִימָה,<br />
וַתִּצְנַח גּוּפָתוֹ, וּבְצִדָּהּ אוּד עָשֵׁן, וַתִּגְהַּר<br />
עַל מִפְתַּן   הַבְּלִימָה.
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The torch went out. The gate swung wide. He glanced within,<br />
and dropped, beside his smoking brand<br />
at the edge<br />
of the void.
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<p>&#8220;He Gazed and Died&#8221; was written by Bialik in 1915/1916 (5676 תרע&#8221;ו). This translation by Ruth Nevo was published in <em>Chaim Nachman Bialik: Selected Poems</em> (Bilingual Edition 1981). The transcription of the Hebrew was graciously provided by <a href="https://benyehuda.org/bialik/bia091.html">Project Ben Yehuda</a>.</p>
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		<title>הַכְנִיסִינִי תַּחַת כְּנָפֵךְ &#124; Take Me Under Your Wing, by Ḥayyim Naḥman Bialik (1905)</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[The prayer-poem, "Take Me Under Your Wing" (1905) by Ḥayyim Naḥman Bialik.]]></description>
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<div class="liturgy" lang="heb-Hebr">
הַכְנִיסִינִי תַּחַת כְּנָפֵךְ
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<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn">
<u>Take Me Under Your Wing</u>
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הַכְנִיסִינִי תַּחַת כְּנָפֵךְ,<br />
וַהֲיִי לִי אֵם וְאָחוֹת,<br />
וִיהִי חֵיקֵךְ מִקְלַט רֹאשִׁי,<br />
קַן־תְּפִלּוֹתַי הַנִּדָּחוֹת.
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Take me under your wing,<br />
be my mother, my sister.<br />
Take my head to your breast,<br />
my banished prayers to your nest.
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וּבְעֵת רַחֲמִים, בֵּין־הַשְּׁמָשׁוֹת,<br />
שְׁחִי וַאֲגַל לָךְ סוֹד יִסּוּרָי:<br />
אוֹמְרִים, יֵשׁ בָּעוֹלָם נְעוּרִים   –<br />
הֵיכָן נְעוּרָי?
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One merciful twilight hour,<br />
hear my pain, bend your head.<br />
They say there is youth in the world.<br />
Where has my youth fled?
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וְעוֹד רָז אֶחָד לָךְ אֶתְוַדֶּה:<br />
נַפְשִׁי נִשְׂרְפָה בְלַהֲבָהּ;<br />
אוֹמְרִים, אַהֲבָה יֵשׁ בָּעוֹלָם –<br />
מַה־זֹּאת אַהֲבָה?
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<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn">
Listen! another secret:<br />
I have been seared by a flame.<br />
They say there is love in the world.<br />
How do we know love’s name?
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<div class="liturgy" lang="heb-Hebr">
הַכּוֹכָבִים רִמּוּ אוֹתִי,<br />
הָיָה חֲלוֹם – אַךְ גַּם הוּא עָבָר;<br />
עַתָּה אֵין לִי כְלוּם בָּעוֹלָם –<br />
אֵין לִי דָבָר.
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I was deceived by the stars.<br />
There was a dream; it passed.<br />
I have nothing at all in the world,<br />
nothing but a vast waste.
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הַכְנִיסִינִי תַּחַת כְּנָפֵךְ,<br />
וַהֲיִי לִי אֵם וְאָחוֹת,<br />
וִיהִי חֵיקֵךְ מִקְלַט רֹאשִׁי,<br />
קַן־תְּפִלּוֹתַי הַנִּדָּחוֹת.
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Take me under your wing,<br />
be my mother, my sister.<br />
Take my head to your breast,<br />
my banished prayers to your nest.
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<p>&#8220;Take me under your wing&#8221; was written on 17 February 1905 (12 Adar I 5665). The transcription of the Hebrew was made by the <a href="https://benyehuda.org/bialik/bia069.html">Ben Yehuda Project</a>. English translation by Ruth Nevo for <em>Chaim Nachman Bialik: Selected Poems</em> (Dvir and the Jerusalem Post 1981).</p>
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<p><span style="float: right;"><div id="attachment_23190" style="width: 210px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/image00076.jpg"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-23190" src="https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/image00076-200x300.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="300" class="size-medium wp-image-23190" srcset="https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/image00076-200x300.jpg 200w, https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/image00076-682x1024.jpg 682w, https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/image00076.jpg 1359w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-23190" class="wp-caption-text">Take me under your wing, by Hayyim Nahman Bialik (Hebrew)</p></div></span> <span style="float: left;"><div id="attachment_23189" style="width: 217px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/image00075.jpg"><img decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-23189" src="https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/image00075-207x300.jpg" alt="" width="207" height="300" class="size-medium wp-image-23189" srcset="https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/image00075-207x300.jpg 207w, https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/image00075-706x1024.jpg 706w, https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/image00075.jpg 1406w" sizes="(max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-23189" class="wp-caption-text">Take me under your wing, by Hayyim Nahman Bialik (trans. Ruth Nevo)</p></div></span><span class="" style="display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;margin-top: ;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;"></span></p>
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		<title>אַיֵּךְ &#124; Ayekh (Where are you?), by Ḥayyim Naḥman Bialik (1904)</title>
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				<category><![CDATA[Ḳabbalat Shabbat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Purim Qatan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mrozy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[מי או מה who or what]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[אנה אמצאך ana emtsaeka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[20th century C.E.]]></category>
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<div class="liturgy" lang="heb-Hebr">
אַיֵּךְ?
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<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn">
<u>Where are you?</u>
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מִמְּקוֹם שֶׁאַתְּ נִסְתֶּרֶת שָׁם, יְחִידַת חַיַּי<br />
וּשְׁכִינַת מַאֲוַיַּי –<br />
הִגָּלִי־נָא וּמַהֲרִי בֹאִי, בֹּאִי<br />
אֱלֵי מַחֲבוֹאִי;<br />
וּבְעוֹד יֵשׁ גְּאֻלָּה לִי – צְאִי וּגְאָלִי
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Come, beloved, from your hiding place. Come,<br />
my only one. Show yourself. Hurry<br />
to my refuge, a royal presence.<br />
While yet I may be saved, come, rescue me.
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וּמָלְכִי עַל־גּוֹרָלִי;<br />
וְיוֹם אֶחָד גְּזֵלַת נְעוּרַי לִי הָשִׁיבִי<br />
וַהֲמִיתִינִי עִם־אֲבִיבִי.<br />
וְתַחַת שִׂפְתוֹתַיִךְ יִכְבֶּה־נָא נִיצוֹצִי<br />
וּבֵין שָׁדַיִךְ יוֹמִי אוֹצִיא,<br />
כִּגְוַע בַּעֲרֹב הַיּוֹם בֵּין פִּרְחֵי בְשָׂמִים<br />
צִפֹּרֶת כְּרָמִים.
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Queen of my fate<br />
give me back one day<br />
my stolen spring, kill me<br />
with my youth. Beneath<br />
your lips let my flame<br />
be quenched; let me consume<br />
my life between your<br />
breasts as a vineyard butterfly<br />
lapses at evening<br />
into fragrant flowers.
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<div class="liturgy" lang="heb-Hebr">
אַיֵּךְ?
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<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn">
Where are you?
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וַאֲנִי עוֹד לֹא יָדַעְתִּי מִי וָמָה אַתְּ –<br />
וּשְׁמֵךְ עַל־שְׂפָתַי רָעַד,<br />
וּכְרִצְפַּת אֵשׁ בַּלֵּילוֹת עַל־מִשְׁכָּבִי<br />
בָּעַרְתְּ בִּלְבָבִי;<br />
וָאֵבְךְּ בִּנְדוּדֵי לֵיל, וָאֶשֹּׁךְ כָּרִי<br />
וּלְזִכְרֵךְ כָּלָה בְשָׂרִי;<br />
וְכׇל־הַיּוֹם בֵּין אוֹתִיּוֹת הַגְּמָרָא,<br />
בְּקֶרֶן אוֹר, בִּדְמוּת עָב בָּרָה,<br />
בַּזַּכָּה מִתְּפִלּוֹתַי וּבִטְהָר־הִרְהוּרַי,<br />
בִּנְעִים הֶגְיוֹנַי וּבִגְדָל־יִסּוּרַי –<br />
לֹא־בִקְשָׁה נַפְשִׁי כִּי אִם־הִגָּלוֹתֵךְ,<br />
רַק־אוֹתָךְ, אוֹתָךְ, אוֹתָךְ&#8230;
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When I did not know as yet<br />
who you were and what you were<br />
your name trembled on my lips.<br />
Like Isaiah’s coal you burnt my heart.<br />
Sleepless at night upon my couch<br />
I wept and bit my pillow, my flesh<br />
devoured by the memory of you.<br />
All day long among the holy letters,<br />
in a ray of light,<br />
a white cloud,<br />
in my purest prayers,<br />
my clearest reflections,<br />
my most pleasant thoughts,<br />
and in my greatest<br />
sufferings, I sought nothing but<br />
a vision of your<br />
self, you, you. You.
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<p>Composed by Ḥayyim Naḥman Bialik in the month of Sivan 5664 (May 1904), in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gmina_Mrozy">Mrozy</a>, Poland. Translated by Ruth Nevo for <em>Chaim Nachman Bialik: Selected Poems</em> (Dvir and the Jerusalem Post 1981). Hebrew transcribed by the <a href="https://benyehuda.org/bialik/bia065.html">Ben-Yehuda Project</a>.</p>
<h3>Source</h3>
<p><span style="float: right;"><div id="attachment_23125" style="width: 216px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/image00066.jpg"><img decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-23125" src="https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/image00066-206x300.jpg" alt="" width="206" height="300" class="size-medium wp-image-23125" srcset="https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/image00066-206x300.jpg 206w, https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/image00066-705x1024.jpg 705w, https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/image00066.jpg 1409w" sizes="(max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-23125" class="wp-caption-text">241</p></div></span> <span style="float: left;"><div id="attachment_23124" style="width: 213px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/image00065.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-23124" src="https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/image00065-203x300.jpg" alt="" width="203" height="300" class="size-medium wp-image-23124" srcset="https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/image00065-203x300.jpg 203w, https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/image00065-692x1024.jpg 692w, https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/image00065.jpg 1384w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-23124" class="wp-caption-text">Ayekh, translated by Ruth Nevo</p></div></span><span class="" style="display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;margin-top: ;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;"></span></p>
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