יָהּ רִבּוֹן | Yah Ribōn, a piyyut by Rabbi Yisrael Najara (16th c.) translation by Rabbi David Aaron de Sola (1857)

Source Link: https://opensiddur.org/?p=41995

Date: 2022-01-24

Last Updated: 2022-01-24

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

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

Excerpt: This translation by Rabbi David Aaron de Sola of "Yah Ribon" by Rabbi Yisrael Najara was first published in his Ancient Melodies of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews (1857). . . .

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Source (Aramaic)	Translation (English)
יָהּ רִבּוֹן עָלַם וְעָלְמַיָּא אַנְתְּ הוּא מַלְכָּא מֶֽלֶךְ מַלְכַיָּא עוֹבָדֵי גְּבוּרְתֵּךְ וְתִמְהַיָּא שְׁפַר קֳדָמַי לְהַחֲוָיָּא׃ (דניאל ג:לב חלק)	Eternal Sovereign of the world and universe, Thou art most Supreme, and King of kings. The greatness of Thy might and of Thy wonders, may it please Thee to manifest them in my favour.
שְׁבָחִין אֲסַדֵּר צַפְרָא וְרַמְשָׁא לָךְ אֱלָהָא קַדִּישָׁא דִּי בְּרָא כָּל נַפְשָׁא עִירִין קַדִּישִׁין וּבְנֵי אֱנָשָׁא חֵיוַת בָּרָא וְעוֹפֵי שְׁמַיָּא׃	Morning and evening will I address ray praises unto Thee, most holy Creator of every breathing soul, of holy spirits, of man, of the wild beast of the forest and birds in the air.
רַבְרְבִין עוֹבָדָךְ וְתַקִּיפִין מָכִיךְ רָמַיָּא זַקִּיף כְּפִיפִין לוּ יְחִי גְבַר שְׁנִין אַלְפִין לָא יֵעוֹל גְּבוּרְתָּךְ בְּחוּשְׁבְּנַיָּא׃	Many and great are Thy acts: Thou humblest the proud and sustaincst the oppressed. Were man to live a thousand years, he would fail to enumerate all Thy mighty acts.
אֱלָהָא דִּי לֵיהּ יְקַר וּרְבוּתָא פְּרוֹק יַת עָנָךְ מִפֻּם אַרְיָוָתָא וְאַפֵּיק יַת עַמָּךְ מִגּוֹ גָלוּתָא עַמָּךְ דִּי בְחַרְתְּ מִכָּל אֻמַּיָּא׃	Eternal, most Glorious, and Mighty, deliver Thy afflicted nation from out of the lion’s mouth. Release Thy people from their captivity, that people whom Thou preferred to every other nation.
לְמִקְדָּשָׁךְ תּוּב וּלְקֹֽדֶשׁ קֻדְשִׁין אֲתַר דִּי בֵהּ יֶחֱדוּן רוּחִין וְנַפְשִׁין וִיזַמְּרוּן לָךְ שִׁירִין וְרַחֲשִׁין בִּירוּשְׁלֵם קַרְתָּא דְשֻׁפְרַיָּא׃	Return to Thy sanctuary and to the most holy place, where angelic spirits and human souls shall celebrate Thy unity, and sing hymns of praise unto Thee, within Jerusalem, Thy fair city.

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This translation by Rabbi David Aaron de Sola of “Yah Ribon” by Rabbi Yisrael Najara was first published in his Ancient Melodies of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews (1857).

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Contributor: Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription)

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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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  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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