אֲדוֹן עוֹלָם (אשכנז)‏ | Adōn Olam (Polish translation by Rabbi Dr. Mojżesz Schorr, 1936)

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Date: 2023-08-12

Last Updated: 2023-08-13

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

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

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Source (Hebrew)	Translation (Polish)
אֲדוֹן עוֹלָם אֲשֶׁר מָלַךְ בְּטֶֽרֶם כׇּל־יְצִיר נִבְרָא׃ לְעֵת נַֽעֲשָׂה כְּחֶפְצוֹ כֹּל אֲזַי מֶֽלֶךְ שְׁמוֹ נִקְרָא׃	Pan wszechświata, który panował, zanim wszelka istota stworzoną została, gdy powstało za wolą Jego wszystko, wtedy Królem imię Jego nazwano.
וְאַֽחֲרֵי כִּכְלּוֹת הַכֹּל לְבַדּוֹ יִמְלֹךְ נוֹרָא׃ וְהוּא הָיָה וְהוּא הֹוֶה וְהוּא יִֽהְיֶה בְּתִפְאֲרָה׃	A gdy się skończy wszystko, On sam panować będzie, potężny. On był, On jest i będzie w Swćj wspaniałości.
וְהוּא אֶחָד וְאֵין שֵׁנִי לְהַמְשִׁיל לוֹ לְהַחְבִּירָה׃ בְּלִי רֵאשִׁית בְּלִי תַּכְלִית וְלוֹ הָעֹז וְהַמִּשְׂרָה׃	On jedyny i nie masz drugiego dla przykładu i porównania. Bez początku i bez końca, Jego jest potęga i władza.
וְהוּא אֵלִי וְחַי גּֽוֹאֲלִי וְצוּר חֶבְלִי בְּיוֹם צָרָה׃ וְהוּא נִסִּי וּמָנוֹס לִי מְנָת כּוֹסִי בְּיוֹם אֶקְרָא׃	On Bogiem moim i żyjącym zbawcą moim, opoką w cierpieniach moich w czasie niedoli. On chorągwią moją i ucieczką moją, udziałem kielicha zbawienia mojego, gdy (do Niego) wołam.
בְּיָדוֹ אַפְקִיד רוּחִי בְּעֵת אִישַׁן וְאָעִֽירָה׃ וְעִם־רוּחִי גְּוִיָּתִי אֲדֹנָי לִי וְלֹא אִירָא׃	W ręce Jego poruczam ducha mego, gdy zasypiam, lub się budzę, a z duchem i ciało moje. Wiekuisty ze mną, niczego się nie obawiam!

Rabbi Dr. Mojżesz Schorr’s translation of Adon Olam in Polish was first printed on pages 8-9 of Modlitewnik na wszystkie dni w roku oraz modlitwę za Rzeczpospolitą ułożoną przez prof. Schorra (1936).

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 10 line, five stanza version familiar to Ashkenazi congregations. (There are also twelve, fifteen and sixteen line variants found in Sepharadi siddurim.)

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Contributor: Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription)

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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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Name: Mojżesz Schorr
Bio: Prof. Mojżesz Schorr (born May 10, 1874 in Przemyśl, died July 8, 1941 in a labor camp in Posty in Uzbekistan ) - Polish-Jewish historian, Talmudic scholar. Besides being a rabbi and academic, Rabbi Schorr was a political activist and senator in the Polish legislature. He was the vice-president of B'nai B'rith and one of the founders of the historiography of Polish Jews before he was arrested by the Soviet NKVD and sent to a labor camp in Uzbekistan as a socially dangerous element. General Władysław Sikorski, the Vatican, and the Polish embassy in the USSR all unsuccessfully sought his release. He died on 8 July 1941 in an unknown location in the area of the labor camp.
Website: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojżesz_Schorr
Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/moses-schorr

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
Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/shlomo-ibn-gabirol

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Title: Adon Olam (trans. Mojżesz Schorr 1936) p. 9
Caption: Adon Olam (trans. Mojżesz Schorr 1936) p. 9