Author: Don Pickard Meter: 5.8.5.6 Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: The Christian Year Holy Week; Christian Year Holy Week Refrain First Line: Dadayeinu, dadayeinu Lyrics: 1 If our God had simply saved us,
merely brought us out of Egypt,
only opened up our prison:
Dayeinu!
[Refrain:]
Dadayeinu, dadayeinu,
Dadayeinu, dayeinu,
Dayeinu, dayeinu!
Dadayeinu, dadayeinu,
Dadayeinu, dayeinu,
dayeinu!
2 If our God had split the Red Sea:
made a way through walls of water,
only opened up the waters:
Dayeinu! [Refrain]
3 If our God had kept our feet dry,
kept our heads above the water,
kept us safely without drowning:
Dayeinu! [Refrain]
4 If our God had brought us over,
led us safely on to dry land;
(even though it was a desert)
Dayeinu! [Refrain]
5 If our God had only led us,
only gone ahead to guide us,
given cloud and fire to lead us:
Dayeinu! [Refrain]
6 If our God had only brought us
to the awful fire at Sinai:
filled us all with dread at Sinai:
Dayeinu! [Refrain]
7 If our God had spoken to us
only one word through the thunder
merely whispered on the mountain:
Dayeinu! [Refrain]
8 If our God had given to us
less than Ten Words as prescription
simply told us: "Take the tablets!"
Dayeinu! [Refrain]
9 If our God had laid the law down:
tabled in the words by Moses:
only given us the Torah:
Dayeinu! [Refrain]
10 If our God had given us manna,
daily sent down bread from heaven,
simple manna in the desert:
Dayeinu! [Refrain]
11 If our God had only given
seventh day for joy and gladness,
without all the rest to help us:
Dayeinu! [Refrain]
12 If our God had from a mountain
let us glimpse the land of promise,
only gaze across the Jordan:
Dayeinu! [Refrain]
13 If our God had, through the river,
led us to dry bread and water
and not laid on milk and honey:
Dayeinu! [Refrain]
14 If our God had fed us only:
feasted us upon the mountain --
not inviting all the neighbours:
Dayeinu! [Refrain]
15 But our God, who holds the banquet,
calls the whole world into freedom:
opens up the new creation:
Dayeinu! [Refrain] Used With Tune: DAYEINU Text Sources: Trad. Hebrew
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