Cyberquills - 4-2-2008 at 04:11 PM
Hi All
Anyone got the notes and words for ya ribon alam?
Cheers
CQ
John Erlich - 4-3-2008 at 08:42 AM
Hi,
You can find the full text in Aramaic, with Hebrew translation and Hebrew commentary, at: http://www.piyut.org.il/textual/english/48.html
Is this the melody you want?
http://www.israel-music.com/cantor_moshe_chabusha/beshira_uobepiout...
If it is, then I have pasted a transcription, courtesy of Forum member Marina, below.
You can hear many more melodies for this "piyyut" (hymn) at: http://www.piyut.org.il/chosen12/english/.index.html#t48
Here is a transliteration (Ashkenazi pronunciation) and translation lyrics:
Y-h Ribon Olam (G-d, Master of the Universe)
Chorus:
Yah ribon olam ve-almaya
G-d, Master of the Universe
Ant hu malka melech malchaya
You are the King of kings
Verse:
Ovad gevurtech vetimhaya
It is my pleasure to declare
Shefar kodamai lehachavaya
Your mighty and wondrous deeds
Verse:
Shevachin asader tzafra veramsha
I offer praises morning and evening
Lach elaka kadisha di v'ra chol nafsha
To you, holy G-d, creator of all living things
Irin kadishin uvenei enasha
Holy angels and human beings
Cheivat bara ve-ofei shemaya
Beasts of the field and birds of the sky
Verse:
Ravrevin ovedach ve-takifin
Your deeds are great and mighty
Machech ramaya ve-zakef kefifin
Bringing low the proud, raising up the humble
Lu yechei gevar shenin alefin
Even if men lived a thousand years
Lo ye-ol gevurtech bechushbenaya
They could not tell fully of your might
Verse:
Elaka di le yekar ur'vuta
Great and revered G-d
Peruk yat anach mipum aryavata
Save Your flock from the mouths of lions
Ve-apek yat amach migo galuta
Take Your people out of exile
Amach di vechart mekol umaya
The people You chose above all others
Verse:
Lemikdashech tuv ul'kodesh kudshin
Return to Your Temple and to the Holy of Holies
Atar di ve yechedun ruchin ve-nafshin
The place where all souls will rejoice
Vizamrun lach shirin ve-rachashin
There they will sing songs of praise to You
Birushlem karta deshufraya
In Jerusalem, the city of beauty
(from: http://www.headcoverings-by-devorah.com/YahRibonOlam.html)
Yah Ribon Olam was written by Rabbi Israel Najara (1555-1628), a native of Damascus who later lived in Safed. He was one of the prominent members of
the Kabbalistic school at Safed, Upper Galilee, where he spent most of his life and served as a rabbi in Gaza. It is claimed that he composed 650
hymns. This poem is a hymn of praise to G-d, a major theme of Shabbat liturgy.
The initial letters of the verses of Yah Ribon Olam form the name-acrostic "Yisrael" by which the poet's memory is immortalized.
Though Yah Ribon Olam contains no allusion to Shabbat, it is chanted on Friday evenings in all parts of the world. After describing the wonders of
G-d's creation, the poet, Kabbalistically inspired, concludes with a prayer for the redemption of Yisrael and the restoration of Yerushalayim, "the
city of beauty."
Israel Abrahams speaks of this table hymn in ecstatic terms. He describes them as "The bridge between the human and the divine; they were at once
serious and jocular; they were at once prayers and merry glees."
Best,
John
Cyberquills - 4-3-2008 at 02:10 PM
Hi John
WOW! What a reply! Thank you so much. I heard the tune on a Yair Dalal recording (Shacharut). It sounds very similar to il layla hilwa that Rahim al
Hajj recorded. on When the soul is settled.
Thanks again
CQ
Cyberquills - 4-3-2008 at 02:16 PM
BIG thanks to Dear Marina as well for uploading the PDF. 
Once again, enthusiasts, technology and Mike's site breaks the bounds of geographic isolation!
CQ
oudplayer - 4-3-2008 at 04:56 PM
hey Cq
it is a very lovly song i sing it every week at the diner table. it brings joy tot he house and to the world.
learn it well , and it iwll stay with you for the rest of your life..
hatzlahah
shaboth sholem
sammy
Cyberquills - 4-4-2008 at 01:32 AM
Thank you Sammy
I surely will! 
CQ
Benjamin - 4-4-2008 at 05:20 AM
Hi! You can find a nice version from yair dalal in maqam rast on the oud, on piyut.org. Kol tuv
John Erlich - 4-4-2008 at 11:50 AM
Hi/Shalom/Salaam,
You can buy Yair's version from "Samar" at: http://www.israel-music.com/yair_dalal/samar/
Peace,
John