Karev Yom // The Day is Coming

From ויהי בחצי הלילה // So it will be in the Middle of the Night

Karev Yom // The Day is Coming is the final verse of the liturgical piyut // poem Vayehi bahatzi HaLayla // ‘And so it will be in the middle of the night’ — a poem that describes all the miracles that took place in the middle of the night. Karev Yom corresponds to the splitting of the Sea of Reeds and the Israelites crossing to safety.

Text - Yannai (6th century)
Melody - attributed to the Ba’al Shem Tov

Produced & Keys by Jacob Blumberg
Vocals - Jessica Kate Meyer & Aviva Chernick
Flute - Eliyahu Sills
Bass - Daniel Ori
& Percussionist Rich Stein

קָרֵב יוֹם 

אֲשֶׁר הוּא לֹא יוֹם וְלֹא לַיְלָה

רָם הוֹדַע 

כִּי לְךָ הַיּוֹם אַף לְךָ הַלַּיְלָה

שׁוֹמְרִים הַפְקֵד לְעִירְךָ 

כָּל הַיּוֹם וְכָל הַלַּיְלָה

תָּאִיר 

כְּאוֹר יוֹם חֶשְׁכַת לַיְלָה

Karev yom 

A-sher hu lo yom v'lo layla

Ram ho-dah 

Ki lecha yom af lecha layla

Shom-rim ha-kem l'ir-chah

Kol ha-yom v'chol ha-layla

Ta-ir 

K'or yom chesh-kat layla

The day is coming
That is neither day nor night

High One — make it known
The day belongs to you, even so the night

Assemble a guard for Your city
All through the day and all through the night

Illuminate 
Like the light of day, the darkness of night.