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Chad Gadya

Chad Gadya is written in Aramaic and has been translated into most Jewish languages. It is a cumulative song that traces the fate of the young goat that was purchased by 'my father' for two coins. The Jewish Music Research Centre at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem traces the history of Chad Gadya and includes examples from various Jewish traditions. The Jewish Chronicle examines the possible metaphorical meaning of the song. Several samples are included on this page. For more examples in these and other languages, click on the buttons below.

Chad Gadya in Hebrew

Chad Gadya
in Hebrew, Transliteration, and English

One little goat

Then came the Holy One, Blessed be He

and smote the angel of death,

who slew the slaughterer,

who killed the ox, that drank the water,

that extinguished the fire, that burned the stick,

that beat the dog, that bit the cat, that ate the goat,

Which my father bought for two zuzim.

One little goat, one little goat

Chad gadya

V’ata Hakodesh Baruch Hu

v’shachat l’malach hamavet,

d’shachat l’shocheit,

d’shachat l’tora, d’shata l’maya,

d’chava l’nura, d’saraf l’chutra,

d’hikah l’chalba, d’nashach l’shunrah,

d’achlah l’gadya,

d’zabin aba bitrei zuzei,

chad gadya, chad gadya.

חַד גַדְיָא

וְאָתָא הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא

וְשָׁחַט לְמַלְאַךְ הַמָּוֶת, דְּשָׁחַט לְשׁוֹחֵט

דְּשָׁחַט לְתוֹרָא, דְּשָׁתָה לְמַיָּא

דְּכָבָה לְנוּרָא, דְּשָׂרַף לְחוּטְרָא

דְּהִכָּה לְכַלְבָּא, דְּנָשַׁךְ לְשׁוּנְרָא, דְּאָכְלָה לְגַּדְיָא

דְּזַבִּין אַבָּא בִּתְרֵי זוּזֵי

חַד גַּדְיָא, חַד גַּדְיָא

Judeo-Greek

Yiddish

Ladino/Judeo-Spanish

Judeo-Italian (-Provencal, -Piedmontese)

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