Click here to hear the tuneThis traditional Passover song is over a thousand years old. The Hebrew lyrics mean that if He (God) had only brought us out of Egypt it would have been enough. The second verse adds that if He had only given the Torah of Truth, it would have been enough.
Ilu ho-tsi, ho-tsi-o-nu,
Ho-tsi-onu mi-Mitz-ra-yim
Ho-tsi-onu mi-Mitz-ra-yim
Da-ye-nuCHORUS
Da-da-ye-nu,
Da-da-ye-nu,
Da-da-ye-nu,
Da-ye-nu,
Da-ye-nu,(repeat)
Ilu na-tan, na-tan-la-nu,
Na-tan-la-nu To-rat e-met,
To-rat e-met na-tan-la-nu,
Da-ye-nu(repeat)
(CHORUS)
HAD GADYA (Aramaic)
One little goat, one little goat,
My father bought for two zuzim.
One little goat, one little goat.
Then came a cat and ate the goat
My father bought for two zuzim.
One little goat, one little goat.
Then came a dog and bit the cat,
That ate the goat
My father bought for two zuzim.
One little goat, one little goat.
Then came a stick and beat the dog,
That bit the cat
That ate the goat My father bought for two zuzim.
One little goat, one little goat.
Then came a fire and burned the stick
That beat the dog
That bit the cat
That ate the goat
My father bought for two zuzim.
One little goat, one little goat.
Then came the water and quenched the fire,
That burned the stick
That beat the dog
That bit the cat
That ate the goat
My father bought for two zuzim.
One little goat, one little goat.
Then came an ox and drank the water,
That quenched the fire
That burned the stick
That beat the dog
That bit the cat
That ate the goat
My father bought for two zuzim.
One little goat, one little goat.
Then came a shohet and slaughtered the ox,
That drank the water that quenched the fire
That burned the stick that beat the dog
That bit the cat that ate the goat
My father bought for two zuzim.
One little goat, one little goat.
Then came the angel of death and killed the shohet,
That slaughtered the ox that drank the water
That quenched the fire that burned the stick
That beat the dog that bit the cat
That ate the goat
My father bought for two zuzim.
One little goat, one little goat.
Then came the Holy One, blessed be He,
And slew the angel of death,
That killed the shohet that slaughtered the ox
That drank the water that quenched the fire
That burned the stick that beat the dog
That bit the cat that ate the goat
My father bought for two zuzim.
One little goat, one little goat.
CHAD GAD-YO
("One (Goat) Kid") Aramaic Words)
Chad gad-yo, chad gad-yo.
Di-ze-van a-he bis-rey
zu-zey
Chad gad-yo, chad gad-yo.
V'o-so shun-ro v'o-chal
I'gad-yo.
Di-ze-van ...
V'o-so kal-bo v'no-shach
I'shun-ro
D'o-chal l'gad-yo.
Di-ze-van ...
V'o-so chut-ro v'hi-koh
I'chal-bo
D'no-shach I'shun-ro.
D'o-chall'gad-yo.
Di-ze-van ...
V'o-so nu-ro v'se-raf
I'chut-ro
D'hi-koh I'chal-bo, d'no-shach
l'shun-ro,
D'o-chall'gad-yo.
Di-ze-van.. .
V'o-sa ma-yo v'cho-voh
I'nu-ro
D'so-raf I'chut-ro, d'hi-koh
I'chal-bo,
D'no-shach I'shun-ro,
D'o-chal I'gad-yo.
Di-ze-van ...
EY-LEE-YO-HU HA-NO-VEE
(Elijah the Prophet. Hebrew)
Ey-lee-yo-hu ha-no-vee,
Ey-lee-yo-hu ha-tish-bee,
Ey-lee-yo-hu, Ey-lee-yo-hu,
Ey-lee-yo-hu, ha-gil-o-dee.
Bim-hey-roh, v 'yo-mey-nu
Yo-vo ey-ley-nu;
Im Me-shee-ach hen Dovid.
Im Mo-shee-ach hen Dovid.
A-DEER HU
SOLO:
A-deer hu, a-deer hu.
Yiv-neh vey-so b'ko-rov
CHORUS :
Bim-hey-roh,bim-hey-rc
B'yo-mey-nu
b'ko-rov.
SOLO:
CHORUS:
Eyl b'ney, Eyl b'ney
B'ney veys-cho b'ko-rov
Bo-chur hu, go-dol hu.
Yiv-neh vey-so b'ko-rov
Do-gul hu, ho-dur hu.
Yiv-neh vey-so b'ko-rov
Vo-sik hu, za-kay hu.
Yiv-neh vey-so b'ko-rov
Cho-sid hu, to-her hu.
Yiv-neh vey-so b'ko-rov
Yo-chid hu, ka-bir hu.
Yiv-neh vey-so b'ko-rov
E-CHOD MEE YO-DEY-A
E-chod mee yo-dey-a?
E-chod anee yo-dey-a.
E-chod Elohey-nu She-ba-sho-ma-yeem u-vo-o-rets
Sh'nayeem mee yo-dey-a?
Sh'nayeem anee yo-dey-a. Sh'ney lu-chos ha-b'ris,
E-chod Ele-hey-nu She-ba-sho-ma-yeem u-vo-o-rets
Sh'lo-sho mee yo-dey-a?
Sh'lo-sho anee yo-dey-a.
Sh'lo-sho o-vos
Sh'ney lu-chos ha-b'ris,
E-chod Elo-hey-nu
She-ba-sho-ma-yeem u-vo-o-rets
Ar-ba mee yo-dey-a?
Ar-ba anee yo-dey-a.
Ar-ba ee-me-hos,
Sh'lo-sho o-vos,
Sh'ney lu-chos ha-b'ris,
E-chod Elo-hey-nu
She-ba-sho-ma-yeem u-vo-o-rets
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