Chad Gadya, or "One Kid" is an Aramaic song which concludes the Jewish Passover seder. The lyric can be read as an allegory for God's providence: the kid (i.e. baby goat) represents the Jews, the two coins which buy the kid are Moses and Aaron, the cat is Assyria, the dog is Babylonia, the stick is Persia, the water is Greece, the ox is Rome, the slaughterer is the Ottoman Empire, the angel of death is Medieval Europe. Or the song, with its repetative, nursury rhyme structure, is simply present at the end of the very long seder to keep children awake that long, though it is a pretty macabre way of doing so. "Chad Gadya" was first included in the Passover Haggadah in the Prague edition of 1509, making it a very late addition. What follows is the traditional text, first in Aramaic and then in English.
Chad gadya, chad gadya
Dizvan Abba bisrey zuzay
Chad gadya, chad gadya!
Vi'asa shunra
Vi'achal ligadya
Dizvan Abba bisrey zuzay
Chad gadya, chad gadya!
Vi'asa kalba
Vinashach lishunra
Di'achal ligadya
Dizvan Abba bisrey zuzay
Chad gadya, chad gadya!
Vi'asa chutra
Vi'hika likalba
Dinashach lishunra
Di'achal ligadya
Dizvan Abba bisrey zuzay
Chad gadya, chad gadya!
Vi'asa nura
Visharaf lichutra
Di'hika likalba
Dinashach lishunra
Di'achal ligadya
Dizvan Abba bisrey zuzay
Chad gadya, chad gadya!
Vi'asa maya
Vikava linurah
Disharaf lichutra
Di'hika likalba
Dinashach lishunra
Di'achal ligadya
Dizvan Abba bisrey zuzay
Chad gadya, chad gadya!
Vi'asa torah
Vishasa limaya
Dikava linurah
Disharaf lichutra
Di'hika likalba
Dinashach lishunra
Di'achal ligadya
Dizvan Abba bisrey zuzay
Chad gadya, chad gadya!
Vi'asa hashochet
Vishachat litorah
Dishasa limaya
Dikava linurah
Disharaf lichutra
Di'hika likalba
Dinashach lishunra
Di'achal ligadya
Dizvan Abba bisrey zuzay
Chad gadya, chad gadya!
Vi'asa malach hamaves
Vishacat lashochet
Dishachat litorah
Dishasa limaya
Dikava linurah
Disharaf lichutra
Di'hika likalba
Dinashach lishunra
Di'achal ligadya
Dizvan Abba bisrey zuzay
Chad gadya, chad gadya!
Vi'asa hakadosh baruch hoo
Vishachat limalach hamaves
Dishacat lashochet
Dishachat litorah
Dishasa limaya
Dikava linurah
Disharaf lichutra
Di'hika likalba
Dinashach lishunra
Di'achal ligadya
Dizvan Abba bisrey zuzay
Chad gadya, chad gadya!