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יוֹם פּוּרִים אֵין לִשְׁכֹּֽחַ זִכְרוּ כְּרֵֽיחַ הַנִּיחֽוֹחַ יַֽיִן מָצָא בּוֹ מָנֽוֹחַ וְשָׂם יִשְׁתּוּ וְיַחֲלִֽיפוּ כֹּֽחַ׃ |
The day of Purim should not be forgotten. Its memory like a sweet smell. Wine found on it a resting place And there, we will drink and renew strength. Wine found… |
הַיּוֹם יִשְׁתּוּ בְּנֵי אֱמוּנִים זְהִירִים לִדְבַשׁ אָבוֹת וּבָנִים חָקוּק שִׁכָּרוֹן עַל־כׇּל־פָּנִים מֵרֹב יַֽיִן אַמִּיץ כֹּֽחַ׃ יַֽיִן מָצָא… |
Today the children of the faithful will drink, Scrupulous for mead, parents and children. Engraved is inebriation on every face From all the abundantly strong wine. Wine found… |
וּבָאוּ כֻּלָּם בִּבְרִית יַֽחַד נִשְׁתֶּה וְנִרְוֶה אָמְרוּ כְּאֶחָד וּפָתְחוּ וּפָֽצוּ פֶּה אֶחָד בָּרוּךְ הַנּוֹתֵן לִשְׁכֹּר כֹּֽחַ׃ יַֽיִן מָצָא… |
And they all came in a covenant together: “Let us drink and be sated!” they said as one, And opened and gaped as one mouth. Blessed be the Giver of strength to the inebriated! Wine found… |
דִּבֵּר בְּיֵינוֹ לוֹט הַשִּׁכּוֹר יוֹם הַפּוּרִים זָכוֹר וְשָׁמוֹר וְכׇל־כַּדָּיו יַֽחַד לִגְמֹר חַזֵּק מׇתְנַֽיִם כְּבֶן־מָנֽוֹחַ׃ יַֽיִן מָצָא… |
Lot the inebriated spoke in his wine: Keep and remember the Purim day! And all its vessels together be finished. Strong-loined like the son of Manoaḥ![1] Shimson, who, despite his Nazirite oath, drinks quite a lot of wine. Wine found… |
הָעָם אֲשֶׁר נָע בְּשֵׁכָר תָּעָה יִשְׁכֹּר לְקַיֵּם מִצְוַת שְׁתִיָּה לְבַל־יַעֲבׇר־בָּם מִקְרֶה רָעָה לֹא־יִישָׁן וַיִּתְגַּל בְּאׇהֳלוֹ כְּנֹֽחַ׃ יַֽיִן מָצָא… |
The people that moved, wandering in beer, Will get inebriated to fulfill the command to drinking, Lest evil happenings pass around them, Don’t sleep bare in your tent like Noaḥ! Wine found… |
“Yom Purim” is a parody riffing on the piyyut Yom Shabbaton for Purim by Avraham Menaḥem Mendel Mohr from his Kol Bo l’Purim (1855) transcribed and translated from Hebrew into English by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer.
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| 1 | Shimson, who, despite his Nazirite oath, drinks quite a lot of wine. |
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