פנה אלינו ברחמים   “Turn to us in Mercy”

1. Turn to us in Mercy

   By Abraham’s virtue and merit,

   Turn to us with compassion.

   From on high have mercy upon us,

   My Lord, and my redemption.

   Hear my voice in the morning.

2. Have mercy on the people You’ve chosen, 

   For they are Your nation and share.

   Hurry and gather Your congregation, 

   Upon the Galilean Mountain.

   Hear my voice in the morning.

3. Alone, exalted and not to be seen, 

   Redeem Your son like a lamb gone dumb.

   Then build a shrine and hall,

   And resurrect my fortune.

   Hear my voice in the morning.

4. Have pity upon us,

   And bring us up toward Zion.

   Establish Your shrine there for us,

   My Rock and my Redemption. 

   Hear my voice in the morning./span>

5. Hear, my God, my supplication,

   Choose, Lord, my song.

   My shield, Lord, my portion,

   My cup, my destination.

   Hear my voice in the morning.

6. The daughter of Yosef longs,

   Seeks goodness from You alone.

   Soon her land will be given,

   Restored from the Ishmaelites’ hand.

   Hear my voice in the morning.

7. Father, in all Your compassion,

   Let Your people’s savior be hastened.

   And act for Your name alone,

   Pardon all my transgression.

   Hear my voice in the morning.

8. Pity my soul, my salvation,

   Strengthen, my Rock, my congregation,

   Carry me to the land of my yearning,

   Where I’ll bring a perfect offering.

   Hear my voice in the morning.

9. Among the many I’ll praise Him.

   We will raise His banner over our tents.

   Astonish me in Your compassion,

   Desire my voice’s blessing.

   Hear my voice in the morning.

פעמי הרימה, יה מצילי  “Raise up my steps, O Lord, my savior”

1. Raise up my steps, O Lord, my savior, 

   Let me go to my land in good grace!

2. I’ve been pursued by an ignorant foe

   Who thundered into my face.

3. Bring me anon to my Galilean Mount,

   Send fury and wrath at their cry.

4. There show me Your light, let me don my crown.

   Then will I say, now I can die. (Hebrew)

(Translated by Peter Cole, in The Defiant Muse: Hebrew Feminist Poems from Antiquity to the Present: A Bilingual Anthology, edited by Shirley Kaufman, Galit Hasan-Rokem, and Tamar S. Hess. New York: Feminist Press, 1999, 75–77.)