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For Purim
- A flower blossomed forth from a palm,
- Hadassah rose to stir those who slept!
- Her servants hastily brought Haman,
- To make him drink the wine of poison,
- He rose by wealth and sank by evil,
- Being hanged on the gallows he made.
- All the people of the world were agape
- When Haman’s pur became our Purim.
- The upright were saved from evil men;
- The enemies were put in their place.
- The Jews undertook to make Purim,
- To rejoice each and every year.
- Thou didst hear Mordecai and Esther;
- Thou didst hang Haman and his sons.
On Purim morning:
- The Jews of Shushan shouted for joy[1]
- When they all saw Mordecai robed in purple.
- Thou hast ever been their salvation,
- Their hope in every generation,
- To show that all who hope in thee
- Shall never be shamed nor confounded.
- Cursed be Haman who sought to slay me;
- Blessed be Mordecai the Judean!
- Cursed be Zeresh, my menacer’s wife;
- Blessed be Esther, my protectress!
- Harbonah,[2] too, be well remembered.
- ↑ שושנת יעקב צהלה ושמחה alludes to the biblical verse והעיר שושן צהלה ושמחה (Esther 8:15). The passage beginning with ארור המן is quoted in Sofrim 4:16.
- ↑ חרבונה, a chamberlain of Ahasuerus, was instrumental in the hanging of Haman by telling the king: “In Haman’s house gallows are standing... which he erected for Mordecai, who did good service to the king” (Esther 7:9).
