יָהּ רִבּוֹן | Yah Ribōn, a piyyut by Rabbi Yisrael Najara (16th c.) translated by Rabbi Israel Brodie (1962)

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Date: 2021-03-12

Last Updated: 2021-03-12

Categories: Se'udat Leil Shabbat, Se'udat Yom Shabbat

Tags: 16th century C.E., 54th century A.M., acrostic, Acrostic signature, Aramaic, זמירות zemirot, יה רבון Yah Ribon, פיוטים piyyutim

Excerpt: The piyyut, Yah Ribon, in Aramaic with an English translation. . . .

Content:

Source (Aramaic)	Translation (English)
יָהּ רִבּוֹן עָלַם וְעָלְמַיָּא אַנְתְּ הוּא מַלְכָּא מֶֽלֶךְ מַלְכַיָּא עוֹבַד גְּבוּרְתֵּךְ וְתִמְהַיָּא שְׁפַר קֳדָמָךְ לְהַחֲוָיָּא׃ (דניאל ג:לב חלק)	God of the world, eternity’s sole Lord, King over kings, be now thy Name adored. Blessed are we to whom thou dost accord This gladsome time thy wondrous ways to scan.
שְׁבָחִין אֲסַדֵּר צַפְרָא וְרַמְשָׁא לָךְ אֱלָהָא קַדִּישָׁא דִּי בְרָא כָּל נַפְשָׁא עִירִין קַדִּישִׁין וּבְנֵי אֱנָשָׁא חֵיוַת בָּרָא וְעוֹפֵי שְׁמַיָּא׃	Early and late to thee our praises ring, Giver of life to every living thing, Beasts of the field, and birds that heavenward wing, Angelic hosts, and all the songs of man.
רַבְרְבִין עוֹבְדֵיךְ וְתַקִּיפִין מָכִיךְ רְמַיָּא וְזַקִּיף כְּפִיפִין לוּ יִחְיֶה גְבַר שְׁנִין אַלְפִין לָא יֵעוֹל גְּבוּרְתֵּךְ בְּחֻשְׁבְּנַיָּא׃	Though we on earth a thousand years should dwell, Too brief the space, thy marvels forth to tell. Pride thou didst lower, all the weak who fell Thy hand raised up e’er since the world began.
אֱלָהָא דִּי לֵהּ יְקַר וּרְבוּתָא פְּרוֹק יַת עָנָךְ מִפּוּם אַרְיְוָתָא וְאַפֵּיק יַת עַמֵּךְ מִגּוֹ גָלוּתָא עַמֵּךְ דִּי בְחַרְתְּ מִכָּל אֻמַּיָּא׃	Thine is the power, thine the glory be, When lions rage, O deign thy flock to free. Thy exiled sons O take once more to thee, Choose them again as in thine ancient plan.
לְמִקְדָּשֵׁךְ תּוּב וּלְקֹֽדֶשׁ קֻדְשִׁין אֲתַר דִּי בֵהּ יֶחֱדוּן רוּחִין וְנַפְשִׁין וִיזַמְּרוּן לָךְ שִׁירִין וְרַחֲשִׁין בִּירוּשְׁלֵם קַרְתָּא דְשׁוּפְרַיָּא׃	Turn to thy city, Zion’s sacred shrine, On yon fair mount again let beauty shine. There, happy throngs their voices shall combine, There, present joy all former ill shall ban.

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The piyyut “Yah Ribon” by Rabbi Israel Najara (1555-1625) is presented here translated in English by Rabbi Israel Brodie as found in his Authorised Daily Prayer Book of the United Hebrew Congregations of the British Commonwealth of Nations (2nd Revised Edition, 1962), p. 170.

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Contributor: Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription)

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  Name: Israel Brodie
  Bio: Sir Israel Brodie KBE (10 May 1895 – 13 February 1979) was the Chief Rabbi of Great Britain and the Commonwealth 1948–1965.
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  Name: Yisrael Najara
  Bio: Yisrael ben Mosheh Najara (Hebrew: ישראל בן משה נאג'ארה; Arabic: إسرائيل بن موسى النجارة‎, Isra'il bin Musa al-Najara; c. 1555, Safed, Ottoman Empire – c. 1625, Gaza, Ottoman Empire) was a prolific Jewish liturgical poet, preacher, Biblical commentator, kabbalist, and rabbi of Gaza.
  Website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_ben_Moses_Najara
  Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/yisrael-ben-mosheh-najara
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  Name: Aharon N. Varady (editing/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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