יְיָ בּוֹקֶר אֶעֱרוֹךְ לְךָ | Hashem Boqer E'erokh Lakh (Hear my voice at dawn), a reshut by an unknown paytan (trans. Rabbi David Aaron de Sola, 1857)

Source Link: https://opensiddur.org/?p=41975

Date: 2022-01-24

Last Updated: 2024-12-17

Categories: Morning Baqashot

Tags: Dawn, entering, Opening Prayers, Synagogues, בקשות Baqashot, פיוטים piyyutim, רשות reshut

Excerpt: This translation of "Adonai boker e'erokh lekha" by Rabbi David Aaron de Sola of a piyyut by an unknown paytan was first published in his Ancient Melodies of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews (1857). . . .

Content:

Source (Hebrew)	Translation (English)
יְיָ בּוֹקֶר אֶעֱרוֹךְ לְךָ גַם בוֹקֶר תִּשְּׁמַע קוֹלִי בְּחַסְדְךָ׃	Lord, in Thy mercy deign to hear my pray’r, Which in the early morn I address unto Thee.[1] Cf. Psalms 5:4
שְׁמַע קוֹלִי יוֹשֵּׁב שָּׁמַיִם עֶרֶב וָבוֹקֶר וְצָהֳרָיִם לְךָ נָשָׁאתִי לֵב גַם עֵינַיִם וּבְרוֹב חֲסָדֶיךָ אָבֹא בֵיתֶיךָ׃	Hear my prayer, O Thou who dwellest in heaven, When morn, even, and noon I address it unto Thee; When my heart, as well as my eyes, is raised towards Thee; And when, “in the greatness of Thy mercy, I enter Thine house.”[2] from the prayer, “Mah Tovu”
לִבִּי סְחַרְחַר עֲזַבַנִי כֹּחִי כִּי אֶזְכְּרָה חַטָּאתִי בְרוּחִי לָכֵן יָרֵאתִי אֵן אָבוֹא בְּאָרְחִי אֶשְׁתַּחֲוֶה אֶל הֵיכַל בֵיתֶךָ׃	My heart panteth, my strength faileth me, When my soul reminds me of my trespass; Therefore do I dread to direct my steps, “To prostrate myself in Thy holy temple.”[3] ibid.
מִי יִתֵּן לִי אֵבֶר כַּיוֹנָה מִפַחְדְךָ אָעוּפָּה וְאֶשְׁכּוֹנָה אִם אֶסַּק שַׁמַיִם שָׁם אַתָּה מְעוֹנָה יְיָ נְחֵנִי בְּצִדְקָתֶיךָ׃	Oh! that I had wings like the dove, I would fly and (perhaps) dwell secure; But were I to ascend the heavens, there, too, is Thy dread presence. Then “Lord guide me according to Thy righteousness.”[4] Cf. David Kimhi (1160–1235), Radak on Isaiah 58:11
הַלְּלִי נַפְשִׁי אֱלֹהִים תָּמִיד לֵב לָשּׁוֹן קָשׁוּר כִפְתִיל צָמִיד הוּא יוֹצֵר הַכׇּל וְהַכׇּל מַעַמִיד הוּא עָשְׂךָ וַיְכוֹנְנֶךָ׃ (דברים לב:ו)	Oh! my soul, constantly praise thy God, With heart and tongue intimately conjoined; For He is the Creator and Supporter of all, It was “he who made and established thee.” (Deuteronomy 32:6)

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This translation of “Adonai boker e’erokh lekha” by Rabbi David Aaron de Sola of a piyyut by an unknown paytan was first published in his Ancient Melodies of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews (1857). The Hebrew text of this piyyut was found in a Siddur published in Venice in 1598, found at Hebrewbooks.org by Abe Katz (Burei haTefila Institute) where it appears on the recto and verso of page 8. (Thank you!) –Aharon Varady

Source(s)

Hashem boker (Siddur Venice 1598) p. 8 recto

Hashem boker (Siddur Venice 1598) p. 8 verso

 

 

Notes

Notes

1	Cf. Psalms 5:4
2	from the prayer, “Mah Tovu”
3	ibid.
4	Cf. David Kimhi (1160–1235), Radak on Isaiah 58:11

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  Name: David de Aaron de Sola (translation)
  Bio: David de Aaron de Sola or David Aaron de Sola (1796 – 1860) (Hebrew: דוד אהרן די סולה) was a rabbi and author, born in Amsterdam, the son of Aaron de Sola. In 1818, D.A. de Sola was called to London to become one of the ministers of the Bevis Marks Congregation under Haham Raphael Meldola (who would also later become his father-in-law). De Sola's addresses before the Society for the Cultivation of Hebrew Literature led the mahamad (board of directors of the congregation) to appoint him to deliver discourses in the vernacular, and on March 26, 1831, he preached the first sermon in English ever heard within the walls of Bevis Marks Synagogue (all previous ones being spoken in Spanish or Portuguese). His discourses were subsequently published by the mahamad. Of his style, one observer wrote: "Though a scholar and a thinker, yet he...used the most unpedantic terms and assumed a quiet, colloquial manner.
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  Bio: Sometimes the best we can do in attributing a historical work is to indicate the period and place it was written, the first prayer book it may have been printed in, or the archival collection in which the manuscript was found. We invite the public to help to attribute all works to their original composers. If you know something not mentioned in the commentary offered, please leave a comment or contact us.
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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: Adonai boker (Emanuel Aguilar 1857)
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