Elekha Eqra Yah

Elecha ekra Yah El nora
Tifkod gefen sheha'amim zeru'ah El nora

Shav'atah tekabel al shochen meromim
Utchadesh shachrutah la'ad ul'olamim
Hal'olam tiznach amcha ne'enach
Tzo'ak mibor lo matza ezra El nora
Elecha ekra Yah El nora

Le'cham et ha'oyev ki yado gavra
Achal et piryah ve'od yado lo katzra
She'lach bo chema za'am un'kama
Yomru ha'amim shimcha nikra El nora
Elecha ekra Yah El nora

Marom ze'char na brit ish chalom chalam
Harbe et zar'o ve'ten lo shalom olam
Na re'tze giz'o ve'chen et zar'o
Ad matai yihye se fe'zura El nora
Elecha ekra Yah El nora

Hedad yihye yom bo mikdashcha yitkonan
Yaronu chulam ki shachan bo he'anan
Vishir umizmor lefanav nigmor
Ki yadcha al ha'olam gavra El nora
Elecha ekra Yah El nora

To you I call out, Yahh, awesome Él:
Remember the vine the nations have scattered, Awesome Él.

Let Yisrael’s plea be accepted, by the One who dwells on high.
Let her youthfulness be renewed forever;
Shall your sighing people be rejected forever?
Crying out from the depths, is there no help, awesome Él?
To you I call out, Yahh, awesome Él:

They will defeat the enemy, Their hand ascendant;
For they consume Yisrael’s fruit and are not weakened.
Send forth against them with anger, wrath and retribution,
so that the nations call you “Awesome Él.”
To you I call out, Yahh, awesome Él:

Exalted: remember the covenant made with the one who dreamed a dream.[1]
Increase his offspring and grant him endless peace.
Accept his people and grant favour to their progeny.
How long must they be a lamb gone astray, awesome Él?
To you I call out, Yahh, awesome Él:

May the day be soon when your Temple is rebuilt–
the people will rejoice when your presence dwells in it.
They shall recite a song and a psalm before you.
For you shall prevail over the world, awesome Él.
To you I call out, Yahh, awesome Él:

Moroccan Piyyut sang at celebrations

Written by Rabbi Shlomoh Zrihen (שלמה זריהן; b?,1939 - d.2017)

Translation provided by The Open Siddur Project