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Second Gentleman remembers tonight: (Original Post) applegrove Apr 2022 OP
Da-da-ye-nu! Da-da-ye-nu! Da-da-ye-nu! Ilsa Apr 2022 #1
Never heard it before. Thanks. applegrove Apr 2022 #2
Sung on youtube, if you want the tune. But avoid Ilsa Apr 2022 #3

Ilsa

(61,698 posts)
1. Da-da-ye-nu! Da-da-ye-nu! Da-da-ye-nu!
Fri Apr 15, 2022, 08:14 PM
Apr 2022

Actual transliteration is "dayenu."



English translation

Transliteration



If He had brought us out from Egypt,

Ilu hotzianu mimitzrayim,


and had not carried out judgments against them

v'lo asah bahem sh'fatim,


— Dayenu, it would have been enough!

dayeinu!


If He had carried out judgments against them,

Ilu asah bahem sh'fatim



and not against their idols

v'lo asah beloheihem,


— Dayenu, it would have been enough!

dayeinu!



If He had destroyed their idols,

Ilu asah beloheihem,


and had not smitten their first-born

v'lo harag et b'choreihem,


— Dayenu, it would have been enough!

dayeinu!


If He had smitten their first-born,

Ilu harag et b'choreihem,


and had not given us their wealth

v'lo natan lanu et mamonam,


— Dayenu, it would have been enough!

dayeinu!


If He had given us their wealth,

Ilu natan lanu et mamonam,


and had not split the sea for us

v'lo kara lanu et hayam,


— Dayenu, it would have been enough!

dayeinu!


If He had split the sea for us,

Ilu kara lanu et hayam,


and had not taken us through it on dry land

v'lo he'eviranu b'tocho becharavah,


— Dayenu, it would have been enough!

dayeinu!


If He had taken us through the sea on dry land,

Ilu he'eviranu b'tocho becharavah,


and had not drowned our oppressors in it

v'lo shika tzareinu b'tocho,


— Dayenu, it would have been enough!

dayeinu!


If He had drowned our oppressors in it,

Ilu shika tzareinu b'tocho,


and had not supplied our needs in the desert for forty years

v'lo sipeik tzorkeinu bamidbar arba'im shana,


— Dayenu, it would have been enough!

dayeinu!


If He had supplied our needs in the desert for forty years,

Ilu sipeik tzorkeinu bamidbar arba'im shana,


and had not fed us the manna

v'lo he'echilanu et haman,


— Dayenu, it would have been enough!

dayeinu!


If He had fed us the manna,

Ilu he'echilanu et haman,


and had not given us the Shabbat

v'lo natan lanu et hashabbat,


— Dayenu, it would have been enough!

dayeinu!


If He had given us the Shabbat,

Ilu natan lanu et hashabbat,


and had not brought us before Mount Sinai

v'lo keirvanu lifnei har sinai,


— Dayenu, it would have been enough!

dayeinu!


If He had brought us before Mount Sinai,

Ilu keirvanu lifnei har sinai,


and had not given us the Torah

v'lo natan lanu et hatorah,


— Dayenu, it would have been enough!

dayeinu!



If He had given us the Torah,

Ilu natan lanu et hatorah,



and had not brought us into the land of Israel

v'lo hichnisanu l'eretz yisra'eil,



— Dayenu, it would have been enough!

dayeinu!


If He had brought us into the land of Israel,

Ilu hichnisanu l'eretz yisra'eil,


and not built for us the Holy Temple

v'lo vanah lanu et beit hamikdash,


— Dayenu, it would have been enough

Ilsa

(61,698 posts)
3. Sung on youtube, if you want the tune. But avoid
Fri Apr 15, 2022, 08:23 PM
Apr 2022

the Maccabeats, unless you want a musical mashup.

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