El Eliyahu - Traditional Babylonian (Iraqi)/Traditional Indian 

I’m fascinated by the way Jewish Music has developed across centuries and continents, adapting itself to current times and local cultures, while attempting to stay authentic.
In our upcoming album, Havdalah - Live from Jerusalem, which will be released this fall, we celebrate the unity and diversity of Jewish musical heritage, by highlighting settings for Havdalah from all around the world.
Here is El Eliyahu, a piyyut (liturgical poem) for Havdalah attributed to Rabbi Avraham Ibn Ezra (1089-1164), one of the last great poets of the Spanish “Golden Age” of Hebrew poetry. It is concerned with the coming of Elijah the Prophet to announce the ultimate redemption. The first setting is a traditional Iraqi melody and the second is traditional Indian.
Hope these sounds resonate with you and inspire you to be like Jewish music - develop, adapt, and yet, attempt to stay authentic. A challenge, for sure!
Music Director: Colin Fowler
Oud: Elias Haddoub
Video: Tami Shaham
Recording: Avi Elbaz
Producer: Eli Grunfeld
Program notes: Dr. Anat Rubinstein
YMCA, Jerusalem
www.azischwartz.com
Lyrics:
אֵל אֵלִיָּהוּ
אֵל אֵלִיָּהוּ
בִּזְכוּת אֵלִיָּהוּ
הַנָּבִיא הָבֵא נָא
בּוֹ יִרְתּוֹם רִכְבּוֹ
נָע בַּשְּׁבִי כִּי בוֹ
לֹא שָׁכַב לִבּוֹ
גַּם לֹא רָאָה שֵׁנָה
אֵל אֵלִיָּהוּ...
רַב מַחְלִי בִּרְאוֹת
כַּחְשִׁי וּמְשַׂנְאוֹת
יָפוֹת וּבְרִיאוֹת
בָּשָׂר וַתִּרְעֶינָה
אֵל אֵלִיָּהוּ...
מָתַי תַּרְאֶה אוֹת
יֶשַׁע אֵל קוֹרְאוֹת
לָךְ וּלְךָ נוֹשְׂאוֹת
קוֹלָן וַתִּבְכֶּנָּה
אֵל אֵלִיָּהוּ...
מַּלְאָךְ הַגּוֹאֵל
לִפְנֵי דַל שׁוֹאֵל
אָנָּא הָאֵל אֵל
אַבְרָהָם הַקְרֵה נָא
אֵל אֵלִיָּהוּ...
El Eliyahu
El Eliyahu
Bizkhut Eliyahu
Ha-navi have na
Bo yirtom rikhbo
Na ba-sh’vi ki vo
Lo shakhav libo
Gam lo ra·ah shenah
El Eliyahu…
Rav mahli bir·ot
Kah’shi u’m’sanot
yafot u’vri·ot
Bassar va-tir’ena
El Eliyahu…
Matai tar·eh ot
Yesha el kor·ot
Lakh u-lekha nos·ot
Kolan vativkeina
El Eliyahu…
Ha-mal·akh ha-go·el
Lifnei dal sho·el
Ana ha-el el
Avraham hakreh na
El Eliyahu…
El Eliyahu (Elijah)
El Eliyahu (Elijah)
In the right of Eliyahu (Elijah)
The Prophet, please come
He shall lead his chariot
Restless in captivity
His heart has not rest
Nor envisioned sleep
El Eliyahu (Elijah)...
My illness grows as I see
My own leanness, while my enemies,
beautiful and fat-fleshed,
they graze
El Eliyahu (Elijah)...
When will You give a sign
Of redemption to those who call out
To You, O to You they raise
Their voices and weep
El Eliyahu (Elijah)...
Angel of redemption
Come before this poor seeker
O Lord,
God of Abraham call him forth
El Eliyahu (Elijah)...

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