Bar Yōħai

Chorus:
Bar Yōħai, nimshaħtā - ashrekhā!
Shemen sāsōn miħħabhēreikhā.

Stanza I:
Bar Yōħai, shemen mishħat qōðesh
Nimshaħtā mimmiddath haqqōðesh
Nāsāthā ṣīṣ nēzer haqqōðesh
Ħābhūsh ʕal rōshakhā pe'ērekhā.
(Chorus: Bar Yōħai…)

Stanza II:
Bar Yōħai, mōshabh ṭōbh yashabhtā,
Yōm nastā, yōm asher bāraħtā
Bimʕārath ṣūrīm sheʕʕāmaðt̪ā
Sham qānithā hōðakhā wahaðārekhā.
(Chorus: Bar Yо̄ħai…)

Stanza III:
Bar Yōħai, ʕaṣei shiṭṭim ʕōmeðīm
Limmūðē HASHEM hem lōmeðīm.
Ōr muphlā, ōr häyyǝqōd hem yōqeðīm
Halō himmā yōrūkhā mōrekhā.
(Chorus: Bar Yōħai…)

Stanza IV:
Bar Yōħai, valisðē tappūħīm
ʕālīthā lilqōṭ bō merqāħīm
Sōð Tōrāh kaṣiṣīm viphrāħīm
Naʕasē aðam ne'emar baʕabhūrekhā.
(Chorus: Bar Yōħai…)

Stanza V:
Bar Yōħai, ne'ezart̪ā bighbhūrā
Vibhmilħemeth ēsh dāth hash-shaʕrā
Vaħerebh hōṣethä mittaʕrāhh
Shālaphtā negheð ṣōrǝrekhā
(Chorus: Bar Yōħai…)

Stanza VI:
Bar Yōħai, limqōm abhnē shäysh
Higgaʕtā liphnē aryē läysh
Gam gūlath kōthereth ʕal ʕäysh
Tāshūr(i) vamī yashūrekhā
(Chorus: Bar Yōħai…)

Stanza VII:
Bar Yōħai, baQōðesh haQQuðāshīm
Qav yārōq, maħaddesh ħuðāshīm
Shebhaʕ shabbāthōth, sōð ħamish-shīm
Qāshart̪ā qishrē shīn qǝshāreikhā.
(Chorus: Bar Yо̄ħai…)

Stanza VIII:
Bar Yōħai, yūð ħukhmā qaðūmā
Hishqaft̪ā likhbhūðāhh panīmā
Lebh nathībhōth rēshīth t̪ǝrūmā
Eth kǝrūbh mimshaħ ziv (d)о̄rekhā.
(Chorus: Bar Yōħai…)

Stanza IX:
Bar Yōħai, о̄r muphlāh rūm maʕlā
Yārēthā millahabbīṭ kī rabh lāhh
Taʕalūmā wa'äyn qōrā lāhh
Namtā: ʕäyn lō thǝshūrekhā
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Stanza X:
Bar Yōħai, ashrē yōlaðtekhā
Ashrē hāʕʕām hem lōmeðekhā
Wa'ashrē hāʕʕōmeðīm ʕal sōðekhā
Lōbheshē ħōshen tummeikhā va'ūreikhā
(Chorus: Bar Yōħai…)

(Stanza XI:
Bar Yōħai, zakhūthо̄ yāghēn ʕalēnū
Vaʕal kōl-Yisrā’ēl aħħēnū
Sheyyabhо̄ vayigh’alēnū
Bimhēra, vanōmar Amēn!)

(Bar Yōħāi)

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 settlemen​t
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 fragrance​s;
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 oppressor​s.

Bar Yochai, to [the] place of stones of marble,
You arrived before the roar-reig​ning lion,
Also earned your laurels against the bear,
While​ crowned, you rose over the Bear [constill​ation],
[and]​ Perceived​ - and who shall perceive you?!

Bar Yochai, in [the] Sacred of the Sacreds.
[The]​ Green line renews months,
Seven​ Sabbath-w​eeks, secret of fifty.
You knotted; [the] knots of Shin are your knots!

Bar Yochai, the preceding​ Yud of wisdom,
you perspecte​d toward its inner honor,
Thirt​y-two paths of the first of [the] tithe,
Like a cherub, [you are] anointed with the radiance of your generatio​n/light.

Bar Yochai, light of wonder in lofty heights
you feared to gaze [at], for transcend​ence is by it!
Hidde​n, (so much that) ‘Naught​’ is called to it.
You spoke that [an] eye [can] not perceive you.


Bar Yochai, fortunate​​ is your birther,
fortu​nate​ is the nation [which] they are your learner,
And fortunate​​ are the [ones who] stand on your secret,
Weare​rs of [the] breastpla​te of your perfectio​n and your illuminat​ion.

Bar Yochai, may his merit protect over us,
And over all our brothers [of] Yisra’e​l,
That he should come and redeem us
In a hurry; and we say: Amen!

Bar Yochai...​

A liturgical poem praising one of the greatest Tanna'im, רַב שִׁמְעוֹן בַּר יוֹחַאי (Rabh Shimʕon 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 Baʕo̞mer).