Yes, the bitterness of death is past

This is a penitential seliḥah designated for recitation on the Ninth of Av. The first line derives from 1 Samuel 15:32. Hayya describes the embittered lives of the Jews, endlessly persecuted. Turning to God, the dead help the living cry out for redemption and overcome tragedy. It is the dead, through their resurrection, who will ultimately bring comfort. The poem is made up of six-line stanzas, formatted in this translation as prose paragraphs.