אֲדוֹן הַסְּלִיחוֹת | Adon haSeliḥot (Lord of Forgiveness), a pizmon for Seliḥot and Yom Kippur

Source Link: https://opensiddur.org/?p=33595

Date: 2020-09-14

Last Updated: 2025-04-11

Categories: Yom Kippur

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., acrostic, Alphabetic Acrostic, Nusaḥ Sefaradi, אדון הסליחות Adon haSeliḥot, זמן תשובה Zman teshuvah, סליחות səliḥot, פזמונים pizmonim

Excerpt: A pizmon in the nusaḥ hasepharadim recited at Seliḥot during the monh of Elul and Yom Kippur. . . .

Content:

Source (Hebrew)	Translation (English)
רַחוּם וְחַנּוּן. חַטָֽאנוּ לְפָנֶיךָ רַחֵם עָלֵֽינוּ׃	Merciful and gracious One, we have sinned before you; have mercy on us.
אֲדוֹן הַסְּלִיחוֹת בּוֹחֵן לְּבָבוֹת גּוֹלֶה עֲמוּקוֹת דּוֹבֵר צְּדָקוֹת חָטָאנוּ לְפָנֶיךָ רַחֵם עָלֵינוּ׃	Lord of forgiveness,   Knower of thoughts   Revealer of the Concealed,   Speak of truths   We have sinned before you, have mercy upon us.
הָדוּר בְּנִפְּלָאוֹת וָתִיק בְּנֶחָמוֹת זוֹכֵר בְּרִית אָבוֹת חוֹקֵר כְּלָיוֹת חָטָאנוּ לְפָנֶיךָ רַחֵם עָלֵינוּ׃	Glorious in wonders,   Veteran in comforts   Remembers ancestral covenant,   Knower of Inner Thoughts   We have sinned before you, have mercy upon us.
טוֹב וּמֵטִיב לַבְּרִיּוֹת יוֹדֵעַ כׇל נִסְּתָרוֹת כּוֹבֵשׁ עֲוֺנוֹת לוֹבֵשׁ צְּדָקוֹת חָטָאנוּ לְפָנֶיךָ רַחֵם עָלֵינוּ׃	Good and beneficent to humanity,   Knowing all hidden things,   Overcomes sins,   Clothed in righteousness   We have sinned before you, have mercy upon us.
מָלֵא זְּכֻיּוֹת נוֹרָא תְּהִלּוֹת סוֹלֵחַ עֲוֺנוֹת עוֹנֶה בְּעֵת צָרוֹת חָטָאנוּ לְפָנֶיךָ רַחֵם עָלֵינוּ׃	Full of purities,   Awesome in praises   Forgiving of sins,   Answerer in time of trouble   We have sinned before you, have mercy upon us.
פּוֹעֵל יְּשׁוּעוֹת צוֹפֶה עֲתִידוֹת קוֹרֵא הַדּוֹרוֹת רוֹכֵב עֲרָבוֹת שׁוֹמֵעַ תְּפִלּוֹת תְּמִים דֵּעוֹת חָטָאנוּ לְפָנֶיךָ רַחֵם עָלֵינוּ׃	Bridger of deliverance,   Seer of futures   Calling to the generations,   Rider of clouds   Hearer of Prayer,   Perfect in knowledge   We have sinned before you, have mercy upon us.
אֵל רַחוּם שְׁמָךְ אֵל חַנּוּן שְׁמָךְ אֵל אֶֽרֶךְ אַפַּֽיִם שְׁמָךְ מָלֵא רַֽחֲמִים שְׁמָךְ בָּֽנוּ נִקְרָא שְׁמָךְ יְיֲ עֲשֵׂה לְמַֽעַן שְׁמָךְ׃	Merciful El is your name. Gracious El is your name. Long-suffering El is your name. Abounding in mercy is your name and we are called by your name. YHVH, have mercy for the sake of your name!

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The central portion of the translation offered here was adapted from a translation offered by Rav Siach, an initiative of the Masorti Movement in Israel.

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Contributor: the Masorti Movement in Israel

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  Name: the Masorti Movement in Israel
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  Name: Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
  Bio: Aharon Varady (M.A.J.Ed./JTSA Davidson) is a volunteer transcriber for the Open Siddur Project. If you find any mistakes in his transcriptions, please let him know. Shgiyot mi yavin; Ministarot naqeni שְׁגִיאוֹת מִי־יָבִין; מִנִּסְתָּרוֹת נַקֵּנִי "Who can know all one's flaws? From hidden errors, correct me" (Psalms 19:13). If you'd like to directly support his work, please consider donating via his Patreon account. (Varady also translates prayers and contributes his own original work besides serving as the primary shammes of the Open Siddur Project and its website, opensiddur.org.)
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