Chorus:
Bar Yōħai, nimshaħtā - ashrekhā! Shemen sāsōn miħħavērе̄khā. Stanza I: Bar Yōħai, shemen mishħat qōdhesh Nimshaħtā mimmiddath haqqōdhesh Nāsāthā ṣīṣ nēzer haqqōdhesh Ħāvūsh ʿal rōshakhā pe'ērekhā. (Chorus: Bar Yōħai…) Stanza II: Bar Yōħai, mōshav ṭōv yashavtā, Yōm nastā, yōm asher bāraħtā Bimʿārath ṣūrīm sheʿʿāmadht̪ā Sham qānithā hōdhakhā vahadhārekhā. (Chorus: Bar Yо̄ħai…) Stanza III: Bar Yōħai, ʿaṣе̄ shiṭṭim ʿōmedhīm Limmūdhē HASHEM hem lōmedhīm. Ōr muphlā, ōr häyyǝqōdh hem yōqedhīm Halō himmā yōrūkhā mōrekhā. (Chorus: Bar Yōħai…) Stanza IV: Bar Yōħai, valisdhē tappūħīm ʿālīthā lilqōṭ bō merqāħīm Sōdh Tōrāh kaṣiṣīm viphrāħīm Naʿasē adham ne'emar baʿavūrekhā. (Chorus: Bar Yōħai…) Stanza V: Bar Yōħai, ne'ezart̪ā bighvūrā Vivmilħemeth ēsh dāth hash-shaʿrā Vaħerev hōṣethä mittaʿrāhh Shālaphtā neghedh ṣōrǝrekhā (Chorus: Bar Yōħai…) Stanza VI: Bar Yōħai, limqōm avnē shäyish Higgaʿtā liphnē aryē läyish Gam gūlath kōthereth ʿal ʿäyish Tāshūr(i) vamī yashūrekhā (Chorus: Bar Yōħai…) Stanza VII: Bar Yōħai, baQōdhesh haQQudhāshīm Qav yārōq, maħaddesh ħudhāshīm Shevaʿ shabbāthōth, sōdh ħamish-shīm Qāshart̪ā qishrē shīn qǝshārе̄khā. (Chorus: Bar Yо̄ħai…) Stanza VIII: Bar Yōħai, yūdh ħukhmā qadhūmā Hishqaft̪ā likhvūdhāhh panīmā Lev nathīvōth rēshīth t̪ǝrūmā Eth kǝrūv mimshaħ ziv (d)о̄rekhā. (Chorus: Bar Yōħai…) Stanza IX: Bar Yōħai, о̄r muphlāh rūm maʿlā Yārēthā millahabbīṭ kī rav lāhh Taʿalūmā va'äyn qōrā lāhh Namtā: ʿäyn lō thǝshūrekhā (Chorus: Bar Yōħai…) Stanza X: Bar Yōħai, ashrē yōladhtekhā Ashrē hāʿʿām hem lōmedhekhā Va'ashrē hāʿʿōmedhīm ʿal sōdhekhā Lōveshē ħōshen tummе̄khā va'ūrе̄khā (Chorus: Bar Yōħai…) (Stanza XI: Bar Yōħai, zakhūthо̄ yāghēn ʿalēnū Vaʿal kōl-Yisrā’ēl aħħēnū Sheyyavо̄ vayigh’alēnū Bimhēra, vanōmar Amēn!) (Bar Yōħāi) | בַּר-יוֹחַאי, נִמְשַׁחְתָּ - אַשְׁרֶיךָ!
שֶׁמֶן שָׂשׂוֹן מֵחֲבֵרֶיךָ. בַּר-יוֹחַאי, שֶׁמֶן מִשְׁחַת קדֶשׁ נִמְשַׁחְתָּ מִמִּדַּת הַקּדֶשׁ, נָשָׂאתָ צִיץ נֵזֶר הַקּדֶשׁ, חָבוּשׁ עַל ראשְׁךָ פְּאֵרֶךָ. בַּר-יוֹחַאי, מוֹשַׁב טוֹב יָשַׁבְתָּ, יוֹם נַסְתָּ, יוֹם אֲשֶׁר בָּרַחְתָּ, בִּמְעָרַת צוּרִים שֶׁעָמַדְתָּ, קָנִיתָ הוֹדְךָ וַהֲדָרֶךָ. בַּר-יוֹחַאי, עֲצֵי שִׁטִּים עוֹמְדִים, לִמּוּדֵי ד' הֵם לוֹמְדִים, אוֹר מֻפְלָא, אוֹר הַיְּקוֹד הֵם יוֹקְדִים, הֲלא הֵמָּה יוֹרוּךָ מוֹרֶךָ. בַּר-יוֹחַאי, וְלִשְׂדֵה תַּפּוּחִים עָלִיתָ לִלְקט בּוֹ מֶרְקָחִים, סוֹד תּוֹרָה בְּצִיצִים וִפְרָחִים, "נַעֲשֶׂה אָדָם" נֶאֱמַר בַּעֲבוּרֶךָ. בַּר-יוֹחַאי, נֶאֱזַרְתָּ בִּגְבוּרָה, וּבְמִלְחֶמֶת אֵשׁ דָּת הַשַּׁעְרָה, וְחֶרֶב הוֹצֵאתָ מִתַּעְרָהּ שָׁלַפְתָּ נֶגֶד צוֹרְרֶיךָ. בַּר-יוֹחַאי, לִמְקוֹם אַבְנֵי שַׁיְשׁ הִגַּעְתָּ לִפְנֵי אַרְיֵה לַיְשׁ, גַּם גֻּלַּת כּוֹתֶרֶת עַל עַיְשׁ, תָּשׁוּר(י) וֲמִי יְשׁוּרֶךָ. בַּר-יוֹחַאי, בְּקדֶשׁ הַקְֻּדָשִׁים. קַו יָרק מְחַדֵּשׁ חְֻדָשִׁים, שֶׁבַע שַׁבָּתוֹת סוֹד חֲמִשִּׁים קָשַׁרְתָּ קִשְׁרֵי שִׁי"ן קְשָׁרֶיךָ. בַּר-יוֹחַאי, יוּ"ד חֻכְמָה קְדוּמָה הִשְׁקַפְתָּ לִכְבוּדָהּ פְּנִימָה, לֶ"ב נְתִיבוֹת רֵאשִׁית תְּרוּמָה אֵת כְּרוּב מִמְשַׁח זִיו דּוֹרֶךָ/אוֹרֶךָ. בַּר-יוֹחַאי, אוֹר מֻפְלָא רֻם מַעְלָה יָרֵאתָ מִלְּהַבִּיט כִּי רַב לָהּ, תַּעֲלוּמָה וְאַיְן קרָא לָהּ, נַמְתָּ: עַיְן לֹא תְשׁוּרֶךָ. בַּר-יוֹחַאי, אַשְׁרֵי יוֹלַדְתֶּךָ, אַשְׁרֵי הָעָם הֵם לוֹמְדֶיךָ, וְאַשְׁרֵי הָעוֹמְדִים עַל סוֹדֶךָ, לוֹבְשֵׁי חשֶׁן תֻּמֶּיךָ וֲאוּרֶיךָ. (בַּר-יוֹחָאי, זְכוּתוֹ יָגֵן עָלֵינוּ, וֲעַל כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל אַחֵּינוּ, שֶׁיָּבוֹא וְִיִגְאֲלֵנוּ, בִּמְהֵרָה, וְנֹאמַר אָמֵן:) (בַּר-יוֹחָאי) |
Translation:Bar Yochai, you are anointed—you are praised!—
[with] oil of joy above your fellows. Bar Yochai, sacred anointing-oil, You were anointed from the holy aspect, You carried the sacred frontlet-headdress, Your crown is set upon your head. Bar Yochai, you settled a good settlement On the day of your escape, [the] day that you fled, In the cave of stones that you stood [in], You acquired your glory and your majesty. Bar Yochai, trees of acacia [are] standing, The teachings of HASHEM are they learning, Light of wonder, [by] light of the blaze are they ablaze; Are not they your lessons [from] your teachers?! Bar Yochai; and to the orchard of apples You ascended, to collect [from] within it fragrances; The Secret of Torah is like blossoms and flowers. "Let us make man," They said in your passing. Bar Yochai, you dressed in might, and in [the] war of the Law-fire of the gate, And a sword you extracted [and] whetted it; You drew it against your oppressors. Bar Yochai, to [the] place of stones of marble, You arrived before the roar-reigning lion, Also earned your laurels against the bear, While crowned, you rose over the Bear [constillation], [and] Perceived - and who shall perceive you?! Bar Yochai, in [the] Sacred of the Sacreds. [The] Green line renews months, Seven Sabbath-weeks, secret of fifty. You knotted; [the] knots of Shin are your knots! Bar Yochai, the preceding Yud of wisdom, you perspected toward its inner honor, Thirty-two paths of the first of [the] tithe, Like a cherub, [you are] anointed with the radiance of your generation/light. Bar Yochai, light of wonder in lofty heights you feared to gaze [at], for transcendence is by it! Hidden, (so much that) ‘Naught’ is called to it. You spoke that [an] eye [can] not perceive you. Bar Yochai, fortunate is your birther, fortunate is the nation [which] they are your learner, And fortunate are the [ones who] stand on your secret, Wearers of [the] breastplate of your perfection and your illumination. Bar Yochai, may his merit protect over us, And over all our brothers [of] Yisra’el, That he should come and redeem us In a hurry; and we say: Amen! Bar Yochai... | |
Information:A liturgical poem praising one of the greatest Tanna'im, רַב שִׁמְעוֹן בַּר יוֹחַאי (Rav Shimʿon Bar Yoħai). Within it are many references to secret Qabbalistic subjects.
This liturgy is generally sung at the very beginning of the Shabbat meal poems, and during the day of his passing, לַ״ג בָּעֹמֶר (Lagh Baʿо̄mer). | |
Printed from the Zemirot Database |