Contents

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Introduction. By ISRAEL DAVIDSON

xiii

On Translating Gabirol. By ISRAEL ZANGWILL

xlv

Text and Translation

1.

At the Dawn

2

2.

My Soul Shall Declare

3

3.

The Messiah

6

4.

Invitation

7

5.

Three Things Conspire

8

6.

Before My King

9

7.

Open the Gate

10

8.

Pour Out Thy Heart

11

9.

Six Years Were Decreed

12

10.

’Tis Joy to Me

13

11.

My Refuge

14

12.

Ecstasy

15

13.

I Have Sought Thee Daily

16

14.

Humble of Spirit

17

15.

For a Marriage

18

16.

The Sun,

19

17.

The Redemption

20

18.

God and Israel

22

19.

Reassurance

25

20.

Duologue

28

21.

Establish Peace

30

22.

Judgment

35

23.

Prayer for the Ḥazzan

37

24.

Two Things Have Me

38

25.

For New Year’s Day

39

26.

My Lord and King

41

27.

Blow Ye the Trumpet

43

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28.

Let the Isles Rejoice

45

29.

For the Day of Memorial

46

30.

God Dwelleth High

47

31.

For Atonement Eve

49

32.

Lord of the World

51

33.

Lord, What is Man?

52

34.

The Day of Judgment

55

35.

Lamentation

60

36.

The Dwellers in Clay

61

37.

Almighty God

64

38.

The Lord of Heaven

65

39.

Ask of Me

67

40.

Forget Thy Affliction

68

41.

To My Soul

69

42.

Look up to Thy Maker

70

43.

Invocation

71

44.

Benediction

72

45.

My Heart Clamours

74

46.

Arise, O My Rapture,

75

47.

Passover Psalm

76

48.

0 God, My Sun

78

49.

The Love of God

80

50.

The Royal Crown

82

The following portions are omitted at this time for technical reasons—JBH.

Notes on Introduction

125

Notes on Text.

137

‏המקורות ושנויי נוסחאות‎

187

Technical Payyetanic Terms

246

‏מפתח הפיוטים על סדר הא״ב‎

247