אֲדוֹן עוֹלָם (מנהג הספרדים)‏ | Adōn Olam (Italian translation by Rabbi Dr. David Prato, 1949)

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Date: 2023-08-13

Last Updated: 2024-12-17

Categories: Bedtime Shema, Morning Baqashot, Arvit l'Shabbat, Musaf l'Shabbat

Tags: 11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., cosmological, Italian translation, Nusaḥ Sefaradi, אדון עולם Adon Olam, פיוטים piyyutim

Excerpt: This is Rabbi Dr. David Prato's Italian translation of Adon Olam from his bilingual Hebrew-Italian everyday siddur, Tefilah l’David: Preghiere di Rito Italiano (1949), p. 272-275. . . .

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Source (Hebrew)	Translation (Italian)
	In alcune Comunità si usa leggere, a guisa di chiusura, questo canto poetico il cui autore non è noto, ma che i moderni critici attribuiscon al sommo poeta Gabirol nato a Malaga nel 1020.
אֲדוֹן עוֹלָם אֲשֶׁר מָלַךְ בְּטֶֽרֶם כׇּל־יְצִיר נִבְרָא׃ לְעֵת נַֽעֲשָׂה כְּחֶפְצוֹ כֹּל אֲזַי מֶֽלֶךְ שְׁמוֹ נִקְרָא׃	Signore dell’universo! Egli regnò prima della creazione, proclamato re di tutte le creature formate secondo la Sua volontà,
וְאַֽחֲרֵי כִּכְלּוֹת הַכֹּל לְבַדּוֹ יִמְלֹךְ נוֹרָא׃ וְהוּא הָיָה וְהוּא הֹוֶה וְהוּא יִֽהְיֶה בְּתִפְאֲרָה׃	anche quando tutto sarà annientato continuerà a regnare. Egli fu, Egli è, Egli sarà in gloria.
וְהוּא אֶחָד וְאֵין שֵׁנִי לְהַמְשִׁיל לוֹ לְהַחְבִּירָה׃ בְּלִי רֵאשִׁית בְּלִי תַּכְלִית וְלוֹ הָעֹז וְהַמִּשְׂרָה׃	Egli è l’unico, non esiste un sécondo, nessuno può paragonarsi a Lui. Senza fine, senza principio, Sua è la forza, Sua è la possanza.
בְּלִי עֵֽרֶךְ בְּלִי דִמְיוֹן בְּלִי שִׁנּוּי וְהַתְּמוּרָה׃ בְּלִי חִבּוּר בְּלִי פֵרוּד גְּדׇל־כֹּחַ וְהַגְּבוּרָה׃	Regge ad ogni confronto e ad ogni paragone, senza subire cambiamenti di forma. Non ha bisogno nè di unione nè di separazione. Egli è la forza e la prodezza in persona.
וְהוּא אֵלִי וְחַי גּֽוֹאֲלִי וְצוּר חֶבְלִי בְּיוֹם צָרָה׃ וְהוּא נִסִּי וּמָנוֹס לִי מְנָת כּוֹסִי בְּיוֹם אֶקְרָא׃	Egli è il mio Dio e il mio redentore vivente, il rifugio nel giorno dell’angustia. Egli è la mia bandiera, il mio rifugio, il mio protettore quando lo invoco.
בְּיָדוֹ אַפְקִיד רוּחִי בְּעֵת אִישַׁן וְאָעִֽירָה׃ וְעִם־רוּחִי גְּוִיָּתִי אֲדֹנָי לִי וְלֹא אִירָא׃	Alla Sua mano affido il mio spirito nel momento in cui mi addormento e allorquando mi sveglio, a Lui affido la mia anima e il mio corpo. Dio è con me io non temo di nulla!

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This is Rabbi Dr. David Prato’s Italian translation of Adon Olam from his bilingual Hebrew-Italian everyday siddur, Tefilah l’David: Preghiere di Rito Italiano (1949), p. 272-275. I have set the translation side-by-side with the Hebrew text from which it was derived, adding a stanza missing in the printed Hebrew that corresponds with the printed Italian translation.

Adon Olam is a piyyut that became popular in the 15th century and is often attributed to Solomon ibn Gabirol (1021–1058) and less often to Sherira Gaon (900-1001), or his son, Hai ben Sherira Gaon (939-1038). The variation of the piyyut appearing here is the six stanzas version familiar to Sepharadi congregations. (There are also some slightly longer variants found in other Sepharadi siddurim. The Ashkenazi version has five stanzas/ten lines.)

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Contributor: Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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  Name: David Prato (translation)
  Bio: David Prato (1882–1951) was an Italian rabbi and Jewish leader in the early days of the State of Israel. Born in Leghorn, Prato was chief cantor in Florence, rabbi of Alexandria (Egypt) from 1927 to 1936, and chief rabbi of Rome from 1936 to 1938. Conditions became impossible for him when the Fascist regime began its antisemitic policy, and Prato moved to Erets Yisrael. He resumed his post in Rome in 1945. Prato played a prominent part in the administration of the Jewish National Fund and Keren Hayesod in Italy. In 1929 he founded in Alexandria the French-Hebrew review L'Illustration Juive, which was followed by Cahiers Juifs in 1933. He published a prayerbook, Tefilah l'David (1949) and two collections of sermons, Cinque anni di Rabbinato (1933), and Dal pergamo della Comunità di Roma (1950), covering his activities in Rome.
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  Name: Shlomo ibn Gabirol
  Bio: Solomon ibn Gabirol (also Solomon ben Judah; Hebrew: שלמה בן יהודה אבן גבירול‎ Shlomo ben Yehuda ibn Gabirol, Arabic: أبو أيوب سليمان بن يحيى بن جبيرول‎ Abu Ayyub Sulayman bin Yahya bin Jabirul, Latin: Avicebron or Avencebrol) was an 11th-century Andalusian poet and Jewish philosopher. He published over a hundred poems, as well as works of biblical exegesis, philosophy, ethics, and satire.
  Website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_ibn_Gabirol
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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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Title: Adon Olam (trans. David Prato 1949) p. 273
Caption: Adon Olam (trans. David Prato 1949) p. 273