Dayenu | דַּיֵּנוּ

Galeet Dardashti

Traditional Haggadah · Text: c. 9th Century CE · New Setting by Galeet Dardashti. Recorded at Beth El Synagogue Center in New Rochelle, NY

Each couplet names another gift from God. After each verse, sing the refrain: Dayeinu!

אִלּוּ הוֹצִיאָנוּ מִמִּצְרַיִם / וְלֹא קָרַע לָנוּ אֶת הַיָּם — דַּיֵּנוּ
אִלּוּ קָרַע לָנוּ אֶת הַיָּם / וְלֹא הֶעֱבִירָנוּ בְּתוֹכוֹ — דַּיֵּנוּ
אִלּוּ הֶאֱכִילָנוּ אֶת הַמָּן / וְלֹא נָתַן לָנוּ אֶת הַשַּׁבָּת — דַּיֵּנוּ
אִלּוּ קֵרְבָנוּ לִפְנֵי הַר סִינַי / וְלֹא נָתַן לָנוּ אֶת הַתּוֹרָה — דַּיֵּנוּ
אִלּוּ נָתַן לָנוּ אֶת הַתּוֹרָה / וְלֹא הִכְנִיסָנוּ לְיִשְׂרָאֵל — דַּיֵּנוּ
אִלּוּ הִכְנִיסָנוּ לְיִשְׂרָאֵל / וְלֹא בָנָה לָנוּ בֵּית הַבְּחִירָה — דַּיֵּנוּ

Ilu hotzianu mimitzraim / velo kara lanu et hayam — Dayeinu!
Ilu kara lanu et hayam / velo he’eviranu b’tocho — Dayeinu!
Ilu he’echilanu et haman / velo natan lanu et hashabat — Dayeinu!
Ilu kervanu lifnei har Sinai / velo natan lanu et hatorah — Dayeinu!
Ilu natan lanu et hatorah / velo hichnisanu l’Yisrael — Dayeinu!
Ilu hichnisanu l’Yisrael / velo vana lanu beit habchira — Dayeinu!

Translation:
If He had brought us out of Egypt / but had not split the sea for us
— It would have been enough for us!
If He had split the sea for us / but had not brought us through it
— It would have been enough for us!
If He had fed us the manna / but had not given us the Sabbath
— It would have been enough for us!
If He had brought us before Mt. Sinai / but had not given us the Torah
— It would have been enough for us!
If He had given us the Torah / but had not brought us into Israel
— It would have been enough for us!
If He had brought us into Israel / but had not built us the Chosen House
— It would have been enough for us!