הַכְנִיסִינִי תַּחַת כְּנָפֵךְ | Take Me Under Your Wing, by Ḥayyim Naḥman Bialik (1905)

Ruth Nevo (translation) — Wed, 02 Jan 2019 15:50:40 +0000

Source (Hebrew)	Translation (English)
הַכְנִיסִינִי תַּחַת כְּנָפֵךְ	Take Me Under Your Wing
הַכְנִיסִינִי תַּחַת כְּנָפֵךְ, וַהֲיִי לִי אֵם וְאָחוֹת, וִיהִי חֵיקֵךְ מִקְלַט רֹאשִׁי, קַן־תְּפִלּוֹתַי הַנִּדָּחוֹת.	Take me under your wing, be my mother, my sister. Take my head to your breast, my banished prayers to your nest.
וּבְעֵת רַחֲמִים, בֵּין־הַשְּׁמָשׁוֹת, שְׁחִי וַאֲגַל לָךְ סוֹד יִסּוּרָי: אוֹמְרִים, יֵשׁ בָּעוֹלָם נְעוּרִים – הֵיכָן נְעוּרָי?	One merciful twilight hour, hear my pain, bend your head. They say there is youth in the world. Where has my youth fled?
וְעוֹד רָז אֶחָד לָךְ אֶתְוַדֶּה: נַפְשִׁי נִשְׂרְפָה בְלַהֲבָהּ; אוֹמְרִים, אַהֲבָה יֵשׁ בָּעוֹלָם – מַה־זֹּאת אַהֲבָה?	Listen! another secret: I have been seared by a flame. They say there is love in the world. How do we know love’s name?
הַכּוֹכָבִים רִמּוּ אוֹתִי, הָיָה חֲלוֹם – אַךְ גַּם הוּא עָבָר; עַתָּה אֵין לִי כְלוּם בָּעוֹלָם – אֵין לִי דָבָר.	I was deceived by the stars. There was a dream; it passed. I have nothing at all in the world, nothing but a vast waste.
הַכְנִיסִינִי תַּחַת כְּנָפֵךְ, וַהֲיִי לִי אֵם וְאָחוֹת, וִיהִי חֵיקֵךְ מִקְלַט רֹאשִׁי, קַן־תְּפִלּוֹתַי הַנִּדָּחוֹת.	Take me under your wing, be my mother, my sister. Take my head to your breast, my banished prayers to your nest.

“Take me under your wing” was written on 17 February 1905 (12 Adar I 5665). The transcription of the Hebrew was made by the Ben Yehuda Project. English translation by Ruth Nevo for Chaim Nachman Bialik: Selected Poems (Dvir and the Jerusalem Post 1981).

Source(s)

Take me under your wing, by Hayyim Nahman Bialik (Hebrew)

Take me under your wing, by Hayyim Nahman Bialik (trans. Ruth Nevo)

קְבֵלְתָּא דְּלִבָּאִי | Qevelta de-Liba’i (My Heart’s Lament), by Asher Hillel Burstein

Asher Hillel Burstein — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 00:41:59 +0000

Qevelta de-Liba’i (“My Heart’s Lament”) is a melancholy song I wrote in Targumic Judeo-Aramaic in 2010. This piece is an existential peek into an old man’s private moment. He looks in the mirror and waxes wistful, longing for his bygone youth.

Source (Judeo-Aramaic)	Translation (English)
אֵימָא לִי טַלְיָא, אֵימָא אֵימָא לִי טַלְיָא. מִי חֲזֵיתָא אַפַּי יוֹמָא דֵּין? מִי חֲזֵיתָא אַפַּי? אִינְּהוּ אִיעֲצִיבוּ לַחֲדָא אֲרֵי בְּחַרְתְּ אַחֲרִינָא. וְיָתִי, וְיָתִי תָּרֵיכְתְּ מִלִבָּךְ.	Tell me, boy, tell me Tell me, boy. Have you seen my face today? Have you seen my face? It has become very sad Because you have chosen another. And me, and me You have driven from your heart.
אֵימָא לִי טַלְיָא, אֵימָא אֵימָא לִי טַלְיָא. שְׁבַקְתְּ יָתִי יְחִידַי בְּעָלְמָא שְׁבַקְתְּ יָתִי יְחִידַי. וּזְמַר דִּילִי הֲוָה לִילָלָא עֵינִי זַלְגָּת דִּמְעָן. בְּרַם לִמְחַר יְקוּם לִי נְהוֹר וְעֲתִיד שִׁמְשָׁא לְאַנְהָרָא.	Tell me, boy, tell me Tell me, boy. You have left me alone in the world You have left me alone. And my song has become a lament My eye sheds tears. But tomorrow a light will rise for me And the sun will yet shine.

Source (Judeo-Aramaic)

Translation (English)

אֵימָא לִי טַלְיָא, אֵימָא
אֵימָא לִי טַלְיָא.
מִי חֲזֵיתָא אַפַּי יוֹמָא דֵּין?
מִי חֲזֵיתָא אַפַּי?
אִינְּהוּ אִיעֲצִיבוּ לַחֲדָא
אֲרֵי בְּחַרְתְּ אַחֲרִינָא.
וְיָתִי, וְיָתִי
תָּרֵיכְתְּ מִלִבָּךְ.

Tell me, boy, tell me
Tell me, boy.
Have you seen my face today?
Have you seen my face?
It has become very sad
Because you have chosen another.
And me, and me
You have driven from your heart.

אֵימָא לִי טַלְיָא, אֵימָא
אֵימָא לִי טַלְיָא.
שְׁבַקְתְּ יָתִי יְחִידַי בְּעָלְמָא
שְׁבַקְתְּ יָתִי יְחִידַי.
וּזְמַר דִּילִי הֲוָה לִילָלָא
עֵינִי זַלְגָּת דִּמְעָן.
בְּרַם לִמְחַר יְקוּם לִי נְהוֹר
וְעֲתִיד שִׁמְשָׁא לְאַנְהָרָא.

Tell me, boy, tell me
Tell me, boy.
You have left me alone in the world
You have left me alone.
And my song has become a lament
My eye sheds tears.
But tomorrow a light will rise for me
And the sun will yet shine.

Qevelta de-Liba’i (“My Heart’s Lament”) was written by Asher Hillel Burstein in Targumic Judeo-Aramaic in 2010.

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הַכְנִיסִינִי תַּחַת כְּנָפֵךְ | Take Me Under Your Wing, by Ḥayyim Naḥman Bialik (1905)

Source(s)

קְבֵלְתָּא דְּלִבָּאִי | Qevelta de-Liba’i (My Heart’s Lament), by Asher Hillel Burstein